Sumy region: Russians hit 5 border communities

Olha Hlushchenko — Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 00:21

The Russians have shelled five border hromadas (Amalgamated Territorial Communites - ed.) in Sumy Oblast over the past 24 hours.

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

Quote: "There have been ten mortar bursts in Nova Sloboda hromada since 08:00. Two residential properties have been damaged, windows are broken and power lines have been knocked out.

There have also been seven mortar bursts in the hromada of Bilopillia since 08:00.

Three ‘incoming’ missiles were reported in the hromada of Shalyhyne at noon.

The hromada of Krasnopillia was under small arms fire and mortar shelling at 13:30. The shelling was repeated twice at 17:00 and 19:00 respectively, lasting for 5 minutes each time.

A fertiliser warehouse was damaged."

Details: In addition, Zhyvytskyi reported that there had been fifteen mortar bursts targeting Shalyhyne at 15:00.

Four mines landed in the hromada of Seredyna-Buda at 17:30.

Drones dropped explosives in Shalyhyne at about 20:00.