Russian strike on Sumy Oblast kills 12-year-old boy and injures teenager

A 12-year-old boy has been killed and an adolescent injured in a Russian strike on the Svesa hromada in Sumy Oblast. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Supply: Sumy Oblast Army Administration

Particulars: Sumy Oblast Army Administration reported that Russia attacked the Svesa hromada at round 14:30 on 2 August. Two boys who have been close to the scene of the strike have been affected.

Quote: "A 12-year-old boy died earlier than medics arrived. A 13-year-old was injured and brought to hospital with shrapnel wounds. Medical doctors are at present preventing to save lots of his life."

Particulars: The circumstances of the tragedy are being established.

Background: On 2 August, ​​Russian forces shelled the town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast with tubed artillery, killing one man.

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