Overview
- Three guided glide bombs hit a busy residential area in Sumy on Saturday, killing at least four people, including a 13-year-old girl at a bus stop, and wounding 17 others, three of them seriously.
- Local officials warned residents to use shelters and avoid impact sites because of fears of 'double‑tap' strikes that can target first responders and hamper rescue efforts.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said nationwide Russian raids that night involved more than 120 drones and a dozen rockets, and he urged the United States to speed a Patriot manufacturing license to replenish Ukraine’s air‑defence stocks.
- Moscow said it struck military‑industrial and port targets, a claim disputed by Ukrainian authorities and local footage showing heavy damage to civilian sites including a petrol station, car dealership and a restaurant.
- Experts and reporters note Russia’s growing use of glide and guided bombs launched from outside Ukraine’s air‑defence range, weapons that have steering but limited precision and have repeatedly struck civilian areas during the four‑plus year war.