Fifth Ukrainian civilian killed in Russian shelling of Sumy Oblast

30 January 2024, 01:13 PM

The Russian aggressors killed a man in Yunakiv, Sumy Oblast with an explosive drone on January 29, the Sumy Regional Military Administration (RMA) reported.

“Today, the Russians dropped explosives from a drone on the outskirts of Mogrytsia, in the community of Yunakiv (Sumy Oblast),” the Sumy RMA wrote on Telegram.

“A man, who would have turned 37 at the end of February, died in the shelling.”

Earlier on Jan. 29, two men and a woman were killed after Russian troops shelled the community of Znob-Novhorodske in Sumy Oblast.

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The last resident of the village of Stepok was also reportedly killed in the Russian shelling of Sumy Oblast on Jan. 29. A projectile hit the room of the house where the 60-year-old was staying.

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