CCTV footage has surfaced from Ukraine’s northern city of Sumy, showing a mother rushing to shield her child from Russian airstrikes. Russia launched airstrikes across the country on Saturday. As per officials, five people were killed and 30 injured in Sumy after two glide bombs landed in a crowded area, with one hitting a bus and the other damaging apartment buildings.
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In one of its border districts, a man was killed after stepping on an explosive device, according to Reuters.
Glide bombs also injured 10 in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, the regional governor said.
In a border district of Sumy region, where the Kremlin wants to expand a buffer zone,
Two people were killed and another wounded earlier in the day by a missile strike on the southern port city of Odessa.
Seven were also wounded in the eastern city of Kharkiv, when a drone hit a civilian enterprise.
The head of Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk region in Ukraine's east, Denis Pushilin, said one person was killed when a drone hit his car, and nine were injured when a bus came under a drone attack near the Sea of Azov.