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UAV event in Sumy, Zarichnyi District area, Ukraine on Thu 16th April 2026

16th April 2026

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A Russian strike drone hit a gas station in Sumy, killing one person and injuring another.

Source : Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Oleg Hrygorov and Acting Sumy City Mayor Artem Kobzar on social media

Details : According to Hrygorov, on Thursday the enemy twice attacked gas stations in the Sumy community with drones.

The first strike injured a gas station employee, who suffered an acute stress reaction. A second strike killed one person and injured another. Details of the victims are being confirmed.

As Kobzar said, the Russians struck the second station with a Lancet drone, and the gas station caught fire. This happened in the Zarechny district of the city.

The State Emergency Service published photos on Telegram from the scene of one of the gas stations being hit. They say the fire there has already been extinguished.

Later, Grigorov added that another Russian drone attacked a civilian car in the Mykolaiv rural community. The driver was injured. He was hospitalized with serious injuries.

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