Two children among 11 dead after Russian bombardment in north-east Ukraine

Eleven radical person been killed, including 2 children, aft a Russian rocket deed Ukraine's northeastern metropolis of Sumy, officials said.

Eighty-nine people, including 11 children, were besides injured successful the onslaught connected the metropolis precocious connected Sunday, Ukraine's authorities exigency work said via the Telegram messaging app.

The onslaught connected Sumy followed a greeting of Russia pounding Ukraine's powerfulness grid successful what Kyiv said was a "massive" onslaught with 120 missiles and 90 drones that killed astatine slightest 7 people.

Western supporters had antecedently said the US prohibition had made it intolerable for Ukraine to effort to halt Russian attacks connected its cities and electrical grids.

"Sunday evening for the metropolis of Sumy became hell, a calamity that Russia brought to our land," Volodymyr Artyukh, the caput of the Sumy subject medication said successful a station connected the administration's Telegram messaging channel.

The subject medication said different rocket deed captious infrastructure, leaving the metropolis without power.

Ukraine's aerial unit said that Russian forces utilized 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and a Kh-59 guided rocket successful the overnight attack.

Rescuers and each indispensable services continued to enactment astatine the country and psychologists were providing assistance to those affected, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said connected Telegram.

More than 400 radical were evacuated, the Service added.

Photographs posted connected Telegram by State Emergency Service of Ukraine showed firefighters battling a blaze consuming cars and rescuers carrying radical retired of a building. One representation showed a multi-storey gathering with astir each windows blown retired and its facade damaged.

Sumy determination prosecutors said the onslaught damaged 90 apartments, 28 cars, 2 acquisition institutions and 13 buildings.

There was nary contiguous remark from Moscow.

Both sides contradict targeting civilians successful their strikes connected each other's territory. But thousands have died since aboriginal 2022 successful Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine, the immense bulk of them Ukrainians.