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6 days ago
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Another five civilians injured in Kherson Oblast
Five people have been injured in Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast on 13 June. Source: Kherson Oblast Military Administration Details: In particular, Russian forces attacked residential areas in several of the oblast's settlements, damaging a high-rise building and six houses. A petrol station, a gas pipeline, a garage and cars were also affected. Meanwhile, the Russians dropped 30 explosives from UAVs and used 10 guided bombs in Sumy Oblast. No fatalities or injuries were reported. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
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12-06-2025
- Politics
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Russia used Grad rocket artillery in deadly Sumy attack on 3 June
Russian forces used a 122 mm BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system, with a range of up to 40 km, to strike the city of Sumy on 3 June. Source: Ukrainska Pravda article: Are you advancing on Tyotkino? We're tripping over the same mistake: What's happening in Sumy as Russian forces push forward (English translation coming soon) Details: On the morning of 3 June, Russian forces attacked cars at traffic lights in central Sumy, killing three people. Three others – a 17-year-old, an 86-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man – died in hospital. The man's 7-year-old daughter, Masha, was transferred to Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv with shrapnel in her lungs. Local media, Sumy Oblast Military Administration and later President Volodymyr Zelenskyy initially reported that the Russians likely fired on the city with long-range rocket artillery. On social media, Sumy residents and journalists speculated it could have been a Russian Tornado MLRS, with a range of 120 km, suggesting no new threat to the city had emerged and urging calm. However, Ukrainska Pravda reports this is likely incorrect. Our sources in a law enforcement agency, later confirmed by the Office of the Prosecutor General, indicate the attack involved a BM-21 Grad, with a range of 20-40 kilometres. Russian forces used 122 mm extended-range 9M521 rockets in the city centre. These highly-explosive fragmentation rockets are designed for use against infantry, unarmoured, or lightly armoured vehicles. Fired from Grad or the upgraded Tornado-G systems, a single salvo can launch up to 40 rockets, each containing around 1,000 fragments. The maximum range is 40 km. BM-21 Grad MLRS Stock photo: Russian webpages Sources in law enforcement told Ukrainska Pravda that the Grad strike had been launched from Russian territory, confirming no heavy equipment, artillery, or MLRS is present in Russian-occupied villages in Sumy Oblast. Measuring 30-40 kilometres from the strike point in Sumy, the Grad system was likely positioned in Russian villages such as Sinyak, Kulbaki, or Novoivanovka to the north, or Guevo or Gornali to the east. Where could the Russian BM-21 Grad that attacked Sumy on 3 June 2025 have been located? Source: Ukrainska Pravda; DeepStateMap, an interactive map of hostilities in Ukraine Quote: "What are we saying here? The Russians managed to position a Grad system near the border and open fire, while Ukrainian units failed to detect or neutralise it. This represents a new level of risk for Sumy." More details: Nevertheless, the rocket artillery strikes on Sumy have not yet become widespread, suggesting the 3 June attack may have been an attempt to intimidate civilians and pressure Ukraine into negotiation compromises. The implication appears to be: "We're hitting Sumy with MLRS; you risk losing more if you don't meet our terms." However, even Russia's most severe attacks on Sumy, Kyiv, or other cities have not shifted Ukraine's resolve. They only strengthen Ukrainians' determination to defend their cities. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
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10-06-2025
- Politics
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17-year-old boy dies after June 3 Russian attack on Sumy, death toll rises to 6
A 17-year-old boy wounded in Russian attacks on downtown Sumy on June 3 died in the hospital, raising the death toll to six, regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported on June 10. Russia launched five attacks on the northeastern Ukrainian city using multiple launch rocket systems earlier this month, striking a densely populated area and injuring 28 people, including three children. The boy, whose name was not disclosed, succumbed to his injuries several days after the strike. "Russia is once again targeting what is most precious to us — our children, our future. Seventeen years old is just the beginning of life's journey. And that journey has been brutally cut short," Hryhorov wrote on Telegram. The barrage set two vehicles ablaze, heavily damaged a medical facility, and shattered homes across multiple residential buildings. Emergency workers completed their response at the site by 7 p.m. local time on June 3, and demining teams removed remnants of undetonated ordnance. President Volodymyr Zelensky said one of the projectiles failed to explode but tore through the wall of a nine-story apartment building. The attack came less than 24 hours after Russia and Ukraine held the second round of direct peace talks in Istanbul on June 2, which yielded only a preliminary prisoner exchange agreement and no broader ceasefire progress. Sumy Oblast, which shares a long border with Russia, has been repeatedly shelled and targeted by drone strikes since the full-scale invasion began in 2022. In late May, Zelensky warned that Russia had concentrated 50,000 troops near the border in preparation for a possible renewed offensive to establish a "buffer zone" along Ukrainian territory. Since the beginning of the full-scale war in 2022, 632 Ukrainian children have been confirmed killed, according to Ukraine's national database. Read also: Russian missile and drone barrage hits Kyiv, Odesa, killing 2 and injuring 12, damaging maternity hospital We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
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10-06-2025
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Teenager injured in Russian attack on Sumy on 3 June dies
A teenager injured in a Russian strike on the city of Sumy on 3 June has died in hospital, bringing the death toll from that attack to six. Source: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "A 17-year-old boy who was injured in the enemy attack on Sumy on 3 June has died in hospital. Doctors fought for his life for almost a week." Details: Hryhorov added that the death toll from that Russian attack had increased to six people. Background: On 3 June, Russian forces struck central Sumy using a long-range multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). Initially, three people were reported killed and 25 injured, including three children and three adults in a serious condition. Later, the death toll rose to five. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Ukrainian opera tenor and volunteer killed in Sumy Oblast
Vladyslav Horai, a renowned tenor and soloist of the Odesa National Opera, was killed in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast while on a volunteer mission, the opera house reported on June 8. "A tragic loss has shaken the entire Ukrainian arts community," the Odesa National Opera wrote in a Facebook post. "Today, June 8, while carrying out his volunteer mission in the Sumy region, the soloist of the Odesa National Opera, a world-class tenor, volunteer, father, a man of great heart, and Honored Artist of Ukraine — Vladyslav Horai — was killed." Horai was widely known both in Ukraine and internationally for his voice and stage presence, according to his colleagues. "Vladyslav was not just a talent of the stage — he was an example of strength, dignity, and kindness in life," the opera house said. Horai had been a member of the opera troupe at the Odesa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet since 1993. He was a laureate of the National Chamber Music Competition in Khmelnytskyi and the International Antonín Dvořák Vocal Competition in Karlovy Vary, Czechia, and was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine in 2013. "Even in the darkest of times, he never stood aside — he helped, volunteered, supported. The Odesa National Opera is in mourning. The stage on which he lived will sound different without him." Read also: These Ukrainian artists, writers were killed by Russia's war We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
