A father and his 4-year-old son were killed when Russian forces shelled Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast on June 18, 2023. The father, Roman Babenko, was a detective with the criminal police sector of Bilopillia police department. The shell landed approximately 3 meters from them while they were walking, with the father dying on scene and the child dying en route to hospital.
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Two civilians – a father and a son – were killed on Sunday, 18 June, in Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast.
The father died on the spot, the child was not taken to hospital in time, he died on the way there
The attack killed Roman Babenko, a detective of the criminal police sector of the police department No 1 (Bilopillia) of the Sumy district police department, and his son
Two civilians, a father and his four-year-old son, were killed by Russian shelling in Bilopillia on June 18.
In Sumy region, a father and son were killed yesterday afternoon in a Russian artillery attack on Bilopillia village. The father was a detective with the local police.
The dead in Bilopillia are civilians: a father and a son.
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