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Missile hits apartment building in Ukraine’s Sumy, killing 10, including children

Update: At least 12 people were killed in the attack, according to the latest data from regional authorities. Over 80 people were injured.

A missile struck a nine-story apartment building in Ukraine’s Sumy, killing 10 people, including a nine-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, city authorities reported. Sixty-three people were injured, eight of whom were children.

According to local Ukrainian authorities, Russia launched a missile strike on Sumy on Sunday evening. Later that night, Russian forces carried out another strike, likely with a ballistic missile, targeting the city’s critical infrastructure and causing a power outage, local officials reported.

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