Missile event in Sumy area, Ukraine on Sun 16th August 2026

Russian attack causes major damage to grain elevator in Sumy Oblast: employee injured – photo.

A grain elevator belonging to the Ukrlandfarming group of companies has been significantly damaged by a Russian missile strike in Sumy Oblast that also left an employee of the company injured.

Source: Ukrlandfarming press service

Details: The strike caused significant damage to an elevator complex operated by the holding company, destroying large quantities of grain in storage. Operations at the facility have been completely halted.

Work is ongoing at the site to deal with the aftermath of the attack and assess the extent of grain losses and damage to production buildings and equipment.

In a statement, Ukrlandfarming said: "This is not the first deliberate enemy attack on Ukrlandfarming's production facilities and logistics network. The holding company's facilities have repeatedly been targeted by systematic strikes since the start of the full-scale invasion."