💥 Attack

Russian forces launched another ballistic missile strike on Sumy's critical infrastructure, causing widespread power outages.

Sumy, Sumy Oblast
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Kyiv Post Ukrinform UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Following the apartment building attack, Russian forces reportedly launched another missile strike on the city's critical infrastructure at 00:10 a.m. on Nov. 18, again using a ballistic missile

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

This second strike caused widespread power outages in Sumy

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Today [on November 18], at 00:10, the enemy launched a missile attack, likely using a ballistic missile, targeting critical infrastructure in Sumy

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian occupiers used ballistic missiles with cluster munitions that have large destructive power.

Russian missile strike killed 10 civilians in Sumy

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia's overnight missile attacks on Sumy on Nov. 18 killed 11 and injured 89, including 11 children, after a ballistic missile struck a residential building

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Extracted: 2026-02-17T20:53:26.983Z

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