Search and rescue operation completed in Sumy after Russian attack on retirement home – photos

Rescue workers have completed a search and rescue operation at the scene of a Russian airstrike on a retirement home in Sumy. Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Telegram; Sumy Oblast Military Administration on Telegram Quote: "Employees of the State Emergency Service successfully evacuated 147 people from the damaged building.

Sep 19, 2024 - 18:00
Search and rescue operation completed in Sumy after Russian attack on retirement home – photos

Rescue workers have completed a search and rescue operation at the scene of a Russian airstrike on a retirement home in Sumy.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Telegram; Sumy Oblast Military Administration on Telegram 

Quote: "Employees of the State Emergency Service successfully evacuated 147 people from the damaged building.

The latest information states that 13 people were injured. A woman, 70, was killed. The search and rescue operation has been completed."

 
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine 
 
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine 

Details: Sumy Oblast Military Administration also states that one of the survivors who sought medical attention was not a patient of the institution. She was passing by the building at the time of the attack.

It is also reported that retirement house residents were moved to other facilities and given medical, psychological, and other required assistance.

 
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine 
 
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine 

The attack caused damage to the roof, top levels of the building, windows and doors.

 
Photo: Sumy Oblast Military Administration

Background: On 19 September, the Russians struck a retirement home in Sumy with a guided aerial bomb. 

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