Kyiv was not the only target for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces overnight.
Russia launched, in total, 35 cruise and ballistic missiles and 23 drones at Kyiv, Kharkiv and Sumy regions. Ukraine’s Air Force reported shooting down 22 missiles and 20 drones.
In Sumy, a region bordering Russia’s Kursk where Ukraine is conducting its own cross-border incursion, Russian forces struck a center for social and psychological rehabilitation of orphans, the local military administration reported.
“There were no children in the institution at that time. However, 18 residents of nearby houses were injured, including six children, nine women and three men,” the local prosecutor’s office said.
After the attack in Kyiv was repelled, the sound of music replaced blasts and explosions as hundreds of kids went back to school, celebrating the start of another year of studies.