130 strikes in one day: woman killed in heavy Russian shelling of Sumy region

Olena Roshchina — Monday, 8 August 2022, 22:13

Russian troops fired over 130 projectiles on Sumy Oblast on 8 August. A woman was killed by artillery shelling in the village of Katerynivka.

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

Quote: "Over the past 24 hours, the Russians have opened fire on the hromadas (amalgamated territorial communities) of Myropillia, Seredyna-Buda, Khotin, Krasnopillia, Shalyhyne, Hlukhiv, Esman and Velyka Pysarivka. In total, over 130 projectiles were fired from mortars and tubed and rocket artillery. They also used small arms.

I regret to inform you of one loss. [The Russian troops] opened artillery fire on the outskirts of settlements in Shalyhyne hromada at 11:20. A local resident died in the village of Katerynivka from a shrapnel wound in the neck."

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