At the same time, Oleh Strilka, a representative from the State Emergency Service in Sumy Oblast, told Suspilne that search and rescue operations had resumed in Sumy in the morning.
"There is indeed information that there may still be people under the rubble," he said.
At the same time, the number of people who may be under the rubble is still unknown.
According to him, search operations was temporarily suspended in the evening of Mar. 13.
"However, our firefighting equipment remained at the site because there was a threat that fires could regnite.
“Whenever something caught fire, we quickly extinguished it," Strilka added.
On Mar 13, a Russian drone hit a residential apartment building in Sumy. Two people were killed and 12 were injured, with three of the wounded in serious condition.
On Thursday, Mar. 14, Russia launched a missile and air strike on radio engineering facilities in Sumy Oblast. As a result of the damage, part of the region's is temporarily unable to receive Ukrainian television and radio signals.