Russian drone attack on Sumy Oblast killed two teachers

On 23 August, a Russian drone attack on the city of Romny in Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine killed four staff members – the school’s headteacher, deputy head, secretary, and librarian, local authorities reported.

*The image shows the aftermath of the Russian attack on the city of Romny in Sumy Oblast. Source: Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko*

Russian troops attacked Romny with an Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone that destroyed the local school, the Regional Military Administration said in a statement.

According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, four residents of the city who were walking next to the school, were also injured.

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