Sumy region: Russia fired on Okhtyrka - there are casualties, fierce battles for Trostyanets continue
IRYNA BALACHUK - THURSDAY, 24 MARCH 2022, 10:58
On the night of March 24, Russian troops fired rockets at residential areas in the city of Okhtyrka in Sumy region, killing civilians.
Source: Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyy in Telegram, State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Telegram
Zhyvytskyy’s direct speech: "At night, the enemy Russian army fired rockets at Okhtyrka, hitting the residential area, high-rise buildings. There are killed and injured civilians."
Details: The State Emergency Service reported that in Okhtyrka, rescuers were able to release an injured woman from the rubbles of damaged residential buildings, and also retrieved the body of a dead man.
In other settlements of Okhtyrka region, where the enemy struck by air, rescuers released 4 injured people from the rubble. Extinguishing fires in residential buildings continues.
Zhyvytskyy also added that for the third day in a row, the hottest spot in the region remains the city of Trostyanets, where fierce fighting is taking place.
According to him, the occupiers stationed their artillery in Boromlyany community and from there continue to fire on Trostyanets community. In the evening of March 23, a large fire broke out at one of the enterprises, which continues to this day - due to constant shelling and fighting, rescuers cannot get to put out the fire.
Zhyvytskyy added that neither the communal services nor the energy sector are fully operational in the Trostyanets community - the community is still without electricity.
Also there are still shelling of the settlements of Lebedyn and Krasnopil communities, the southern part of the suburbs of Sumy.
However, despite all this, according to Zhyvytskyy, the region is trying to provide humanitarian aid, deliver bread, restore markets and partially transport (for example, in the city of Romny), deliver a little medicine and fuel.
Zhyvytskyy also added that Sumy region is preparing for sowing.
