Archbishop Nikodym was elected as the new primate of the UOC-KP at an extraordinary council. Eight archbishops participated in the vote, one of whom abstained.
The occupiers attacked communities in Sumy Oblast with drones and aerial bombs. As a result of the shelling, civilian cars were damaged, three people were killed and 13 were injured.
A Russian drone hit the building of the city's TCC in Sumy. Due to the relocation of personnel, there were no casualties, but a passerby at a bus stop was injured.
An enemy UAV hit a building in the Zarichny district. A 16-year-old boy and a woman were injured, and windows were blown out in nearby high-rise buildings.
The enemy struck a bread production enterprise with a drone and attacked the starostate. Employees were not injured, and production facilities at the plant were damaged.
An enemy drone hit an intersection in the center of Sumy. Five cars and a building were damaged, and three civilians were injured.
SBU officers detained a NABU employee due to Russian contacts and refusal to state his place of work. The man provided only data from the Diia application for verification.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a NABU employee in Sumy. The anti-corruption bureau has officially confirmed this fact in its statement. One of the reasons for the detention is said to be that his parents live in the occupied territory.
On the morning of March 8, an enemy UAV struck a train in the Sumy district. The occupiers also attacked Sumy's infrastructure and damaged a trolleybus line.
Funding will be provided to 246 institutions and higher education establishments, and over 50,000 scientists will receive additional allowances.
In Sumy, an obstetrician-gynecologist was notified of suspicion in the case of the death of a 27-year-old woman in labor from acute blood loss after a C-section. According to the investigation, the doctor did not tightly apply sutures and did not control the stopping of blood loss.
Russian forces struck a hotel in the center of Sumy, and then attacked again during the extinguishing of the fire. Rescuers evacuated 50 citizens; there were no casualties.
Due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation, part of Sumy and Sumy district were left without electricity. Energy workers are working to restore it.
Three attack UAVs attacked the Sumy community, hits were recorded in the Kovpakivskyi district. A building, civilian cars, and road surface were damaged, with hits on the territory of a gas station.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council have published information about ten Russian public figures who support Russia's aggression against Ukraine. This data is available on the War&Sanctions portal in the "Kremlin's Mouthpieces" section.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, addressed Ukrainians from a bunker on Bankova Street, where his first conversations with world leaders took place at the beginning of the war. He emphasized the resilience of the Ukrainian people and expressed a desire to one day come there with the US President.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a "Tornado-S" multiple launch rocket system in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. This modernized MLRS has a firing range of up to 120 km and is used to shell peaceful cities.
During the night, Sumy was attacked by a guided aerial bomb, injuring three people, including two children. Two residential buildings were destroyed and ten were damaged.
As a result of Russian UAV attacks on Sumy region, the number of victims has increased to 11 people. One 28-year-old woman remains in the hospital, while others are receiving outpatient treatment.
Six civilians in Sumy, including women aged 20 and 61, and men aged 60, 76, 45, and 42, were injured in an enemy attack on the city center. Buildings and cars were damaged, and the condition of the injured is assessed as non-life-threatening.
Several hits on civilian infrastructure objects in the city center have been recorded in Sumy. The threat of repeated strikes remains, there are no preliminary casualties.
Russia launched a combined attack on energy infrastructure, causing blackouts in five regions and heating disruptions in Sumy and Odesa. Three people were killed in a strike on a vehicle carrying employees of the Sloviansk TPP.
The enemy attacked medical infrastructure in the Kovpakivskyi district of the Sumy community with a drone. This is the second attack on healthcare facilities this week.
An ATESH agent poured sugar into the fuel tank of a KAMAZ special vehicle with "Omut" equipment, which was preparing to leave for Sumy. This will disrupt the deployment of "Omut" protection and make the equipment a target for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
On the morning of February 10, 2026, Russian occupiers attacked the Sumy community, injuring a 12-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother. Their lives are not in danger.
In Sumy region, a locomotive and overhead lines were damaged due to shelling. Sumy-Kyiv and Sumy-Kharkiv trains will run with delays. Bus transfers are possible in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions.
As a result of a Russian attack on a civilian car in the Sumy community, a 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl were injured. They were hospitalized, their condition is not serious.
Russian troops attacked the railway infrastructure of Chernihiv region overnight. Due to this, services between Snovsk and Bakhmach were cancelled, and trains No. 66 Kyiv – Sumy and No. 114 Uzhhorod – Kharkiv were delayed.
Ukraine received 300 generators with a total capacity of 1650 kW, worth over 417 thousand euros, from the Southeast European Cooperation Initiative (SECI). The equipment will be distributed among Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Lviv for social institutions.
Emergency power outages occurred in Kyiv and a number of regions of Ukraine, the metro stopped, and water supply disruptions arose. The reason is damage to the energy system as a result of Russian attacks.