Sumy Oblast

Nineteen children injured in Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast

Russian strikes on Sumy Oblast injured 19 children, with forces using mortars, artillery, FPV drones, UAVs, guided bombs and a missile, regional authorities said on Apr. 5.

5 April, 12:32 PM

Russian guided bombs kill woman, wound 3 in Shostka, Sumy Oblast

Russian troops hit the city of Shostka in Sumy Oblast with four guided aerial bombs on the morning of April 3, killing one woman and wounding three others, including members of her family, regional governor Oleh Hryhorov reported.

3 April, 10:47 AM

How Russian troops use pipelines to attack Sumy and what happens next — NV exclusive

Russian forces are again attempting to infiltrate Sumy Oblast through gas pipeline tunnels, while a high-tech Ukrainian Defense Forces unit specializing in reconnaissance works to detect and disrupt these underground movements, NV journalist Serhiy Okunev reported on Apr. 2.

2 April, 10:02 PM

Russia drops fake Ukrainian banknotes from drones in northern regions

Ukrainian authorities have recorded cases of Russia using drones to scatter falsified banknotes in the Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts, Acting Sumy Mayor Artem Kobzar and Koriukivka District Military Administration head Pavlo Miroshnychenko reported on April 2.

2 April, 02:05 PM

Animal rescuers pull sick wolf from frontline area near Russian border - video

Animal volunteers evacuated and rescued an emaciated wolf named Bayk from a combat zone just five kilometers from the Russian border in Sumy Oblast, Wild Animals Rescue Center reported on April 2.

2 April, 01:43 PM

Russian artillery kills 20-year-old woman in Sumy Oblast

Russian forces shelled a house in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast on March 28, killing a 20-year-old woman and seriously injuring her 6-year-old sister, regional governor Oleg Hryhorov reported.

28 March, 04:04 PM

Russian forces hit fire station twice in Sumy Oblast, destroying building and equipment — SES

Russian forces carried out a targeted drone strike on a fire station building in a border settlement in the Shostka district of Sumy Oblast, the State Emergency Service said on March 25.

25 March, 01:12 PM

Russian strike destroys Hetman National Nature Park building in Sumy Oblast

A Russian strike destroyed the exhibition center of the Hetman National Nature Park in the settlement of Velyka Pysarivka in Sumy Oblast, park director Oleksandr Kvarta told Suspilne on March 24.

24 March, 06:56 PM

Russian drone intentionally targets civilian minibus in Sumy Oblast

A Russian drone deliberately attacked a civilian minibus heading toward the Pishchanskyi district of the Sumy community, local military administration chief of staff Ihor Kalchenko reported on March 24.

24 March, 10:31 AM

Russian strikes hit Naftogaz sites

The Russian military attacked energy facilities of Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz company in Poltava and Sumy oblasts, the company said on March 20.

21 March, 12:18 AM

Ukrainian defender missing nearly one year located in hospital

A Ukrainian defender from Chernivtsi Oblast, Ruslan Mykhailiuk, who had been listed as missing since May 2025, was located receiving treatment in a hospital in Sumy Oblast, the Zastavna Town Council reported on March 20.

20 March, 11:30 PM

Russian drones kill two, injure nine in Sumy Oblast

Two people were killed and nine others injured in a series of Russian drone strikes on Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast over the past 24 hours, the National Police reported on March 17.

17 March, 09:20 AM

Russian attack on Sumy street damages vehicles, four injured

Russian forces struck the roadway of a street in Sumy, leaving at least four people injured, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said in a preliminary report on March 16.

16 March, 06:39 PM

Russia damages 4 Ukrposhta branches in one day

Russian forces destroyed or damaged four Ukrposhta post offices across Ukraine in airstrikes on March 14, injuring some employees, Ukrposhta CEO Ihor Smilianskyi reported.

15 March, 11:51 AM

DeepState: Russian troops advance near three settlements in Ukraine

Russian occupying forces have advanced in parts of Sumy and Donetsk oblasts, the OSINT monitoring project DeepState reported on March 11.

11 March, 04:50 PM

Two killed in Russian bomb attack on businesses in Sumy Oblast

Two men aged 27 and 63 were killed after Russian forces struck businesses in the Hlukhiv municipality of Sumy Oblast with guided aerial bombs on the evening of March 10, regional governor Oleg Hryhorov reported on Telegram.

11 March, 10:54 AM

Ukrposhta postal vehicle struck by Russian drones in Sumy Oblast

Russian drones struck a Ukrposhta postal vehicle in Sumy Oblast, wounding people, the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Hryhorov, said on Feb. 28.

28 February, 08:37 PM

Ukrainian Special Forces annihilate Russian rear point in high-stakes raid - video

Special Operations Forces (SSO) of Ukraine successfully infiltrated the Russian rear in the North Slobozhanskyi direction, planting explosives to annihilate an enemy accumulation point, the military reported on Feb. 26.

26 February, 12:06 PM

Russian strike kills four in Sumy Oblast as ambulance comes under fire

A Russian drone attack in Sumy Oblast killed four civilians, including a 17-year-old and a medic, the regional administration chief Oleh Hryhorov said on Feb. 22.

22 February, 01:49 PM

Russia spreads false claims of mass occupations to convince West of victory – ISW

Russia is continuing to spread false claims of “significant gains” at the front as part of a cognitive warfare campaign aimed at eroding Western support for Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War said, disputing remarks by Russian General Sergey Rudskoy in its assessment on Feb. 20.

21 February, 11:07 AM

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