Russian glide bombs kill two and hit school in Ukraine's Sumy

Russian glide bombs struck homes and a school in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring six, Ukrainian officials said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said four guided aerial bombs hit the centre of the city: one struck a house, killing a woman, and a second hit a school building where lessons were in session, Reuters reported.

“An ordinary school, where children happened to be at the time,” Zelensky said. “The building sustained considerable damage, but the children and teachers were in a shelter, and fortunately, thanks to that, no one was hurt at the school.”

Regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said on Telegram that the death toll was two, with three children among the six injured, and that teachers had evacuated 100 people into the shelter before the strike. No one at the school was hurt; the six injured were reported from the wider strike area.

Zelensky urged Ukraine’s partners to respond with real pressure rather than words. “America, Europe, all our partners must not forget that Russia will not stop this madness without real pressure,” he said, adding that the response “will not be limited to mere words.”

Sumy is frequently targeted; Russia’s military has said it wants a buffer zone along the border.

Sources

• Reuters — Russian bomb attack kills two in Ukraine’s Sumy, officials say
• Times Now — Russia Bombs School in Ukraine’s Sumy During Classes
• Censor.NET — Russia struck a school in Sumy with four KAB bombs: 2 dead