President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed condolences to family and friends of those killed in a Russian strike that targeted an apartment block in Sumy, and stressed the importance of continued international pressure on Russia over such terror.

Ukrainian military said Russia launched 81 drones overnight, 37 of which were shot down. At least four people have been killed and nine injured, including a child, in a drone attack on an apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy.

The death toll from the Russian drone strike on a multi-story residential building in Sumy has risen to nine, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.

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Ukrainian officials said Thursday a Russian drone attack killed at least four people in the northeastern city of Sumy. The regional state administration in Sumy said a drone hit a high-rise residential building, and that the attack also injured nine people.

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The Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office announced this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. “As of 11:00, four people were killed in an enemy attack on a high-rise building: two couples - a 74-year-old man and his 69-year-old wife, a 65-year-old man and his 64-year-old wife,” the report says.

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KYIV, UKRAINE - Russia launched a barrage of drones on Ukraine in an overnight attack on Friday, injuring four people and damaging a hospital and a grai

A Russian drone blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack, killing at least six people and wounding nine others,