Russian drone kills one, wounds nine at funeral near Ukraine's Sumy, official says


KYIV, May ⁠23 (Reuters) - A Russian ⁠drone struck a funeral ‌procession on Saturday on the outskirts of the northeast ​Ukrainian city of ⁠Sumy, killing ⁠one person and injuring nine, ⁠a ‌senior local official said.

Oleh Hryhorov, ⁠head of the regional military ​administration, ‌did not provide further ⁠details. ​Local media reported that a guided attack ⁠drone had hit the ​road near a bus.

Sumy is located 30 km (19 ⁠miles) from the border and has been regularly attacked by Russian ​missiles and ⁠drones in recent years ​of the ‌war.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk;Editing ​by Tomasz Janowski and Kevin Liffey)

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