💥 Attack

Russian forces conducted overnight shelling across multiple communities in Sumy region, firing nine times and causing 31 explosions.

January 1, 2024 Esman, Sumy

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Kyiv Post Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Ukrainska Pravda

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Dobropillia (location) Bilopillia (location) Nova Sloboda (location) Seredyna-Buda (location) Lyman (location) Znob-Novhorodske (location) Odesa (location) Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle (weapon_system) Esman community (location) residential buildings (location) Russian combat drone (weapon_system) 5-storey residential building (location) combat plane (weapon_system) UAVs (weapon_system) Shostka district (location) Sumy region (location) Russian shops (military_unit) Sumy region border communities (location) Russian invaders (military_unit) mortars (weapon_system) cannon artillery (weapon_system) Shahed-type drones (weapon_system) artillery (weapon_system) mortars (weapon_system) Krasnopillia (location) Khotin (location) automatic grenade launcher (weapon_system) Velyka Pysarivka (location) Myropillia (location) Esman (location) Svesa (location) residential building (location) 2-storey residential building (location) combat drone (weapon_system) UAV (weapon_system) Russian troops (military_unit) mortar (weapon_system) Shahed-type drone (weapon_system) automatic grenade launchers (weapon_system) Shahed drone (weapon_system) Esman hromada (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russians fired nine times in the Sumy region over the previous night

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

31 explosions were recorded

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Myropillia, Bilopillia, Nova Sloboda, Seredyna-Buda, Esman, Znob-Novhorodske and Svesa communities came under shelling

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

An enemy Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle targeted a residential two-story building in Esman community

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

People are trapped under the rubble

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

According to Kyiv, Russia planned to launch an offensive into Sumy Oblast already back in 2024, but the plan was disrupted by Ukraine's incursion into Kursk Oblast.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

An enemy Shahed UAV hit a two-storey residential building in Esman hromada.

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