Russian occupants continue to shell the border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy regions with various weapons, including mortars, artillery, drones and helicopters, causing explosions, but the data on damage and casualties are being clarified.
An accidental leakage of oil mixture occurred from an oil pipeline near the village of Peremoha, Okhtyrka district, Sumy region, which contaminated a 98-square-meter land plot.
Since August 2023, about 6,000 people, including 924 children, have been evacuated from settlements within a 5-kilometer zone from the state border of Ukraine with Russia in Sumy region.
russian troops dropped two guided aerial bombs on a school in the Velykopysarivska community of Sumy region, damaging the school building.
Ukrposhta presented a new postage stamp set "Cities of Heroes. Okhtyrka" featuring the destroyed building of the Okhtyrka City Council after the Russian attacks, honoring the city's resilience during the war.
Russians have significantly intensified their attacks on Sumy region, launching 83 attacks, including 6 missile and 11 air strikes per day, and evacuating residents of border settlements in the region.
More than 20 extremely dangerous military items, including artillery shells, mortar shells, explosives, hand grenades and grenade launchers, were discovered and neutralized by bomb squad last week in 4 districts of Sumy region.
On March 17, 2024, the russian federation conducted 60 shellings and caused 341 explosions in the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, killing one civilian and injuring another in the village of Velyka Pysarivka as a result of an air strike.
Explosions occurred in Okhtyrka, Sumy region, during an air raid alert, causing a power outage in the city.
On March 13, 2024, Russian troops conducted a mortar attack on the Velykopysarivska community in Sumy region, Ukraine, killing one civilian and injuring two.
Russian troops fired 36 times at the border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy regions, resulting in 198 explosions from various types of weapons.
Rescuers extinguished a fire in a residential area of Okhtyrka district, Sumy region, that started as a result of a nighttime enemy shelling.
Russian forces shelled several settlements in Kharkiv region overnight, damaging infrastructure and killing one person.
A civilian was killed as a result of a six-hour-long shelling by Russian troops of the Velykopysarivska territorial community of Okhtyrka district, Sumy region.
Russian forces shelled a village in the Kharkiv region, hitting a civilian car and killing three people.
Russians shelled Kharkiv region with guided missiles, wounding one civilian.
The Kharkiv region came under artillery and mortar fire from Russia, which hit several settlements, while Ukrainian troops repelled the attacks and cleared the area of mines.
Overnight, Russian troops attacked the town of Zmiiv in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, using six Shahed drones, damaging civilian buildings and wounding two people. More than 15 settlements in the region came under artillery and mortar fire from Russian troops over the past day.
