Strike on shopping centre in Sumy in northern Ukraine kills two, governor says


Rescuers work at the site of a shopping mall hit by an evening Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine September 9, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Sept 9 (Reuters) - ⁠A Russian drone strike on a ⁠shopping centre in the northern Ukrainian ‌city of Sumy killed two people and injured 20, four of them seriously, Regional ​Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.

Hryhorov, writing ⁠on Telegram, initially ⁠said three people had died but later ⁠corrected ‌the death toll to two.

He said a fire had ⁠broken out, and photos posted online ​by the ‌governor showed a badly damaged building ⁠and ​rubble strewn on the ground.

Four people were in serious condition, Hryhorov said. Four ⁠of the injured were ​teenagers, the national police said separately on Telegram.

Across the wider region, five people ⁠were killed and 24 injured, the police added.

Sumy and the surrounding region along the Russian border have long been ​subject to heavy ⁠attacks and Moscow has said it wants ​to establish a ‌buffer zone in the ​area.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Jekaterīna Golubkova and Jacqueline Wong)

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