Russian forces fired rockets at the Shostka District in Sumy Oblast, striking and damaging the Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv which contains historical graves of victims from the 1918 pogrom.
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Russian forces fired rockets at the Shostka District of Sumy region
A Russian rocket struck the Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv
The Jewish cemetery contains a mass grave of victims from the pogrom of 1918
The cemetery contains the graves of tzaddiks Menachem-Nohim-David Heselov and Israel-Dov-Ber Nokhimov Shumiatskykh
Russian forces bombed a Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast
The graves of the chief tzaddiks survived the attack
A missile hit a Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv, causing fire and damage to grave markers.
Russian occupiers shelled the Shostka district in the Sumy region with rockets.
Dmytro Zhyvytsky, head of the Regional Military Administration, confirmed the rocket attack and advised staying in shelters.
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