Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast 15 occasions on Jan. 27, firing at 10 communities and inflicting over 90 explosions, the Sumy Oblast Navy Administration reported.
The Russian army focused the communities of Khotin, Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Esman, Seredyna-Buda, Druzhbivka, Znob-Novhorodske, and Svesa. All through the day, Russia assailed the border communities with mortar, artillery, and drone assaults, whereas additionally dropping mines on the settelemts of Esman and Velyka Pysarivka.
Within the Khotin group, a Russian sabotage group shot to dying a brother and a sister on the morning of Jan. 27, in keeping with the Ukrainian army. Their home was situated within the village of Andriivka, 5 kilometers away from the Russia-Ukraine border.
The city of Bilopillia, with a pre-war inhabitants of about 15,600 residents, skilled essentially the most assaults through the day with at the least 16 explosions recorded over the previous 24 hours. Bilopillia is situated 45 kilometers away from Sumy, the regional capital.
No damages to civilian infrastructure had been reported.
The residents who dwell within the weak communities alongside Sumy Oblast’s northeastern border with Russia are topic to every day shelling from close by Russian troops.
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