“According to Volodymyr Artyukh, the troops of the Russian Federation are striking again at the facilities of the energy system”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“There is another missile attack on Sumy, there have already been four missiles. They are hitting the power system facilities again,” he said on the air of the national telethon.
According to him, the consequences are being clarified.
Regarding the night attack of the Russian Federation, according to Artyukh, dozens of attack drones attacked the region – the Konotop and Sumy districts were primarily affected.
Late in the evening of September 16, the Russian military, using UAVs of the “Shakhed” type, struck the Sumy region – the city of Konotop and the regional center, the regional military administration reported. According to local authorities, air defense forces shot down 16 Shaheds over Sumy Oblast.
Subsequently, the OVA reported that Russian drones attacked energy system facilities in Sumy Oblast at night. Due to the mass attack of the Russian Federation, settlements of Konotopsky, Okhtyrsky and Sumy districts were affected.
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The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.
The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes by the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.