Overview

• A Russian missile attack on May 6 in the suburbs of Sumy killed three people, including a six-year-old child, and injured eleven, most of them children.
• The strike targeted civilian infrastructure and reportedly involved a ballistic missile, according to regional officials and Ukrinform reports.
• Four of the injured are children, with two in serious condition receiving hospital care.
• This attack follows a pattern of intensified Russian strikes in the region, including an April 13 missile strike in Sumy that killed 35 civilians.
• Authorities began evacuating residents from border villages on May 5 in response to increased shelling and cross-border hostilities.