Russian missile kills three injures eight in Ukraine s Sumy governor says

KYIV - A Russian missile attack on the outskirts of the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on May 6 killed three people, including a six-year-old child, and injured eight others, regional officials said.

The military administration in the border region, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said four of the injured were children, with two of them in serious condition in hospital.

The early evening strike targeted civilian infrastructure in the citys suburbs, the administration said.

Russian attacks have intensified in the region in recent weeks, including a missile strike on Sumy on Palm Sunday on April 13 which killed 35 people.

Officials began evacuating residents from border villages on May 5 after an upsurge in military action on both sides of the border and Russian shelling of settlements.

Russian war bloggers on May 5 said Ukrainian forces had launched a new incursion into Russias adjacent Kursk region. REUTERS

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