Family of four killed in Russian drone strike on Sumy region

Attack on residential building

Oleg Grygorov, head of the Sumy regional military administration, stated that the attack hit a residential building in the village of Chernechchyna, within the Krasnopillia community.

A couple with two young children lived in this house. Unfortunately, no one managed to escape,” Grygorov wrote on Telegram.

Victims and rescue efforts

He added that rescuers had recovered the bodies of the parents and their two sons, aged six and four, from beneath the rubble. “This is a terrible and irreparable loss for the entire community and the region,” he said.

Russian defence ministry response

Russia’s Defence Ministry, meanwhile, stated it had intercepted and destroyed 81 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Volgograd region drone attack repelled

Andrey Bocharov, governor of Russia’s southern Volgograd region, said the Russian military repelled a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack over the area. “According to preliminary information, there was no damage to structures or injuries,” Bocharov stated.