Over 140 Russian munitions hit Sumy Oblast on 16 July

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO – SUNDAY, 17 JULY 2022, 00:51

Russian forces fired at Sumy Oblast throughout the day on 16 July, using various types of weapons to fire over 140 munitions.

Source: Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, head of the Sumy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Details: Just after 09:00, Russian forces used multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to fire at the Hlukhiv hromada [amalgamated territorial community - ed.]. Zhyvytskyi reports that 28 explosions took place there.

At 09:00, the Russians also used tube artillery to fire five rounds at the Esman hromada.

After 09:00, Russian forces opened fire on the Nova Sloboda hromada using MLRS, firing a total of 27 rockets and damaging civilian farms and buildings, and a power line.

At 09:30, Russian forces struck the Shalyhyne hromada.

Between 10:00 and 11:00, Russian forces fired another 15 rounds at the Esman hromada using tubed artillery.

At almost 13:00, the Russians targeted three villages in the Bilopillia hromada, firing almost 20 rounds using tubed artillery.

At 14:30, Russian troops hit the Shalyhyne hromada again, firing 22 rounds using tubed artillery.

At 17:30, the Russians used rocket artillery to fire 14 rockets on the Nova Sloboda hromada.

At 19:00 – and again at 21:00, Russian forces opened fire on the Khotin and Shalyhyne hromadas using small arms.

Russian forces also fired over 10 mortars on the Krasnopillia hromada at around 18:30.