Sumy Oblast: Russian forces fire a total of 140 shells and rockets on 7 hromadas
WEDNESDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2022, 00:45
Over the course of Tuesday, 6 September, Russian forces fired on seven hromadas in Sumy Oblast (hromada or amalgamated territorial community is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories). The Russians fired a total of 140 bombs, shells and rockets and used small arms to fire a further 70 rounds.
Source: Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, Head of the Sumy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Details: Russian forces used self-propelled artillery systems to fire a total of 40 projectiles on the outskirts of the villages of Manukhivka (Nova Sloboda hromada) and Atynske (Bilopillia hromada).
The Nova Sloboda hromada was additionally hit by a further 20 projectiles on the morning of 6 September: a high-voltage substation was damaged there.
The Myropillia hromada was hit with 28 mortar bombs.
The Russians also attacked the Bilopillia hromada, firing 10 artillery projectiles and 16 mortar bombs.
The Russians fired mortars on the Shalyhyne hromada, hitting it with a total of 20 bombs.
The Seredyna-Bud hromada was hit with 6 mortar bombs.
Russian forces used a high-calibre machine gun to fire 30 rounds on the Znob-Novhorod hromada.
In addition, they used small arms to fire 40 rounds on the Esman hromada.
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