💥 Attack

Russian forces fired on military and civilian targets in Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts.

November 9, 2022 Popivka, Sumy

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

Two or more independent sources agree on the core facts. Additional sources would further strengthen this assessment.

Entities

Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) UAV (weapon_system) Esman (location) Sumy Oblast (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Dmytro Zhyvytsky (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Znob-Novhorod hromada (location) Khotyn hromada (location) Krasnopilska hromada (location) Esmanska hromada (location) Myropilska hromada (location) Shalyhyne hromada (location) Seredyno-Budska hromada (location) Grad multiple rocket launcher (weapon_system) VOG-type explosive (weapon_system)

Source Reports

Ukrainska Pravda →

More than 35 Ukrainian cities, towns and villages in Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts came under Russian fire.

Kyiv Independent →

Russian forces hit one of the villages in the Esman community near the Ukrainian-Russian border 20 times on Nov. 9, causing a cornfield to catch fire but no casualties.

Kyiv Independent →

The UN Protocol on Incendiary Weapons prohibits using them against civilians.

Censor.NET →

An enemy drone was shot down in Sumy region, announced by Dmytro Zhivytsky.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:01:50.189Z

Source story: 7375552