💥 Attack

Russian Iskander missile struck a Ukrainian training ground in the Sumy region near Shostka, killing 6 servicemen and injuring more than 10 guardsmen.

May 20, 2025 Shostka, Sumy

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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

Entities

Iskander (weapon_system) Shostka (location) Sumy (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Bilovody (location) Vodolahy (location) National Guard of Ukraine (organization) Shostka community (location) Russia (organization) Okhtyrka district (location) Prosecutor General's Office (organization) Iskander-M (weapon_system) Shostka firing range (location)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Russian Iskander missile struck a Ukrainian training ground in the Sumy region near Shostka, killing 6 servicemen and injuring more than 10 guardsmen.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces continued attacks within Loknya and near Bilovody and Vodolahy.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A Russian missile strike against a shooting range in Sumy Oblast on May 20 killed six service members and injured over 10, Ukraine's National Guard said.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked a humanitarian aid distribution centre with a drone in Velyka Pysarivka, Sumy region

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.658Z

Source story: day-1184b-2025-05-25