Two people were killed and six residential buildings were damaged in a Russian glide bomb strike on Sumy City on September 18.
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Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces conducted a guided glide bomb strike against a high-rise building in Sumy City on the evening of September 18, killing two people and damaging six residential buildings.
Early reports indicate that two women have been injured.
Oleh Hryhorov said two people were killed and seven injured, among them a 13-year-old girl, with three in serious condition.
Over the course of two days, DSNS specialists worked at the site of the enemy airstrike.
DSNS specialists removed 265 damaged window-frame structures, temporarily restored 347 windows, and covered three balconies with protective film.
A Russian guided aerial bomb struck a high-rise residential building in Sumy late on Sept. 18, killing two people and injuring at least eight others, regional authorities reported.
A 13-year-old girl was among those injured, Sumy Oblast Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike 'absolutely inhuman.' 'There was a direct hit by an aerial bomb between the third and fourth floors. Four people have already been rescued from under the rubble, including a child,' he said.
Two people were injured: one woman with an acute stress reaction and another with multiple hand wounds.
Petrol stations are being protected with netting, and most of them are already protected by it. However, the netting protects against some types of weaponry but not others, such as if a 'Shahed' drone strikes.
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