Two women and a seven-year-old girl were killed on Tuesday in a bombing of the town in the Sumy region, located on the border with Russia in northeastern Ukraine, the regional prosecutor’s office said.
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The bodies of the two women and two injured men were taken out of the rubble of damaged houses in the town of Seredyna-Bouda, the prosecutor’s office said on its Facebook page.
The girl and her stepfather were in their car at the time of the strike and were both injured, added the prosecution. “Later, the girl succumbed to her injuries in hospital,” according to the same source.
The bombing was carried out around 12:30 local time (10:30 GMT) using a multiple rocket launcher system, according to preliminary data, the prosecution said.
“At least five houses were destroyed,” he continued, publishing photos of buildings with ruined walls or roofs.
Ukraine accuses Russia of regularly bombing its border towns since Moscow launched the invasion of its neighbor in February 2022, vast territories of which in the East and South are occupied by Moscow’s troops.