A Russian missile strike during a military training exercise in Ukraine’s Sumy border region has killed six Ukrainian servicemen and injured more than ten others, according to the country’s National Guard.
Earlier, Russia’s defense ministry released footage claiming to show an Iskander missile targeting a Ukrainian training camp. Russian state media outlet Tass reported that as many as 70 people may have been killed in the attack. The Sumy region has faced ongoing shelling, and in response, Ukrainian forces had carried out a prolonged incursion into Russia’s nearby Kursk region. The Ukrainian military said the operation aimed to establish a buffer zone to protect Sumy, though concerns have been raised over the significant number of casualties involved.Separately, the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had visited officials in Kursk the previous day, in his first visit to the region since Ukrainian forces were pushed out.
He met volunteers as well as acting local governor Alexander Khinshtein, and he toured a nearby nuclear power plant, state media reported.
The deadly Russian strike on Ukrainian servicemen in Sumy was confirmed early on Wednesday by Ukraine’s National Guard, which said the attack took place while the unit was carrying out exercises at a firing range.
