War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Sumy

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Sumy, Ukraine, in a handout picture released April 4, 2026.

Rescuers work at the site where a store was hit by a Russian air strike in Sumy Region, Ukraine, in a handout picture released December 11, 2025.

A firefighter works at the site of a Russian military strike in Sumy Region, Ukraine, in a handout picture released November 16, 2025.

A firefighter works at the site of the apartment building hit during the Russian drone strike in Sumy, Ukraine, October 31, 2025.

A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone strike in Sumy Region, Ukraine in a handout picture released September 30, 2025.

A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone strike in Sumy, Ukraine, in a handout picture released September 12, 2025.

Police officers stand at the site of Russian missile strike in Sumy, Ukraine, June 3, 2025.

A Ukrainian serviceman walks at the site of a Russian missile strike in Sumy, Ukraine, April 13, 2025.

A residential building damaged during a Russian missile attack in Sumy, Ukraine March 24, 2025.

A police officer walks at the site of a warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike in Sumy, Ukraine, March 6, 2025.

Firefighters work at a site of a residential area hit by a Russian drone strike in Sumy, Ukraine, in a handout picture released February 10, 2025.

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian military strike in Sumy, Ukraine, November 26, 2024.

Firefighters work at a site of a residential area hit by a Russian drone strike in Sumy, Ukraine, November 22, 2024.

A destroyed car in front of a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike in Sumy, Ukraine, November 18, 2024.

Firefighters work at the site of a residential area hit by a Russian missile strike in Sumy, Ukraine, November 17, 2024.

A firefighter works at a site of residential buildings heavily damaged by a Russian air strike in Sumy, Ukraine, September 8, 2024.

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in a location given as Sumy, Ukraine, in a handout image released on August 30, 2024.

Apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike, in Sumy, Ukraine, March 13, 2024.

Rescuers work at the site of a Russian military strike in Sumy region, Ukraine, February 27, 2024.

An administrative building and 2 multi-apartment residential buildings were damaged as a result of Shahed 136 drone attacks over Sumy, Ukraine, on July 3.

Sumy, about 350km (220 miles) east of Kyiv, has experienced weeks of heavy fighting.