Russian forces launched guided aerial bombs at the civilian infrastructure of Yampil hromada in the Shostka district, Sumy Oblast on the evening of 6 November. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] A petrol station employee, 33, has been killed, and a worker from Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) aged 53 has been injured as a result of the attack.
Source: Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office; State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Quote from the Prosecutor’s Office: “According to the investigation, using methods of warfare prohibited by international law, the occupiers dropped two guided aerial bombs on the civilian infrastructure of Yampil hromada in the Shostka district at around 22:00 on 6 November 2024.”
Details: It was reported that the employee of Ukrzaliznytsia had been rescued from a damaged non-residential building and handed over to medical personnel.
The State Emergency Service workers retrieved the body of the petrol station employee from under the rubble of another building. The Russians also damaged a high-rise building, railway infrastructure and destroyed the petrol station.
Background: Earlier, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the Russians attacked Sumy Oblast on 6 November, gamaging railway crossing.
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