Cultural Center in flames – Russia sets Sumy Oblast residential area ablaze after repeated strikes

The fire has since been extinguished.

"The fire broke out the night before in a residential area due to enemy strikes on a settlement in Sumy Oblast," the SES said.

Private households and apartment buildings were damaged by the blast wave. The community’s Cultural Center and residential buildings were set ablaze.

The fire was prevented from spreading to private households, the SES said.

23 homes were damaged after the invading Russian forces struck the town of Krolevets, Sumy Oblast, with a missile and two Shaheds on Jan. 7.

Two people were killed and one injured after Russia attacked Sumy Oblast with suicide drones on Jan. 1. Ukraine’s air defense forces managed to knock out one drone, but the other hit a residential building in the Esmansky community.