Search and rescue operation completed in Sumy after Russian attack on retirement home – photos
Rescue workers have completed a search and rescue operation at the scene of a Russian airstrike on a retirement home in Sumy.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Telegram; Sumy Oblast Military Administration on Telegram
Quote: "Employees of the State Emergency Service successfully evacuated 147 people from the damaged building.
The latest information states that 13 people were injured. A woman, 70, was killed. The search and rescue operation has been completed."
Details: Sumy Oblast Military Administration also states that one of the survivors who sought medical attention was not a patient of the institution. She was passing by the building at the time of the attack.
It is also reported that retirement house residents were moved to other facilities and given medical, psychological, and other required assistance.
The attack caused damage to the roof, top levels of the building, windows and doors.
Background: On 19 September, the Russians struck a retirement home in Sumy with a guided aerial bomb.
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