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A Russian Shahed drone struck a two-storey residential building in Esman hromada, Sumy Oblast, causing destruction and trapping people under rubble.

Esman, Sumy Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Source Reports

Ukrainska Pravda →

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

Ukrinform →

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

Ukrinform →

People are trapped under the rubble

Kyiv Independent →

A Russian Shahed drone hit a two-story residential building in Sumy Oblast, killing at least two civilians who died of injuries.

Kyiv Post →

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

Kyiv Post →

31 explosions were recorded

Kyiv Post →

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

Censor.NET →

Russian troops carried out shellings of border areas of Sumy region as part of 13 incidents.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:24.294Z

Source story: 7435429