UAV event in Ukraine on Tue 29th September 2026

On 29 September 2026, Russian forces carried out guided aerial bomb and drone strikes in Sumy and Sumy community (coded to Sumy, Sumy). Four guided aerial bombs struck private residential areas, a school, and the Central City Cemetery. Two civilians, a 74-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman, were killed in separate strikes on private houses, while several civilians were injured in the residential areas, including the wife of the killed man. Overall, the attacks injured 9 civilians, including men aged 70, 62, 49, and 47, women aged 71, 71, and 21, and girls aged 6 and 1. One 250-kilogram bomb struck the school while classes were underway, though pupils and staff were in a shelter and no casualties occurred there. Another bomb struck the cemetery, damaging around 60 graves and monuments and a church. The attacks also damaged dozens of residential buildings, other civilian infrastructure, non-residential premises, a trolleybus, and civilian vehicles.