Invaders launched missile strike on training ground in Sumy Region, military were training 50 km from border with RF
The army of the aggressor country of russia launched a missile strike on a training ground of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU), located in the Sumy Region. Six servicemen were killed, there are injured.
This was reported on the official NGU page on Facebook.
The incident occurred last Tuesday, May 20, when the servicemen were conducting training at the shooting range. As a result of the invaders' missile strike, six people were killed. Another 10 servicemen were injured.
The department stated that earlier the NGU Command had developed algorithms of actions and provided all the necessary orders for actions in conditions of threat of air strikes.
"An official investigation is being conducted into the tragedy. The commander of the military unit has been suspended, the necessary information has been transferred to law enforcement agencies," the message says.
Missile strike by russian army on training ground in Sumy Region
On the evening of May 20, the russian occupiers published a video online showing a missile strike on a training ground of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy Region.
The video was shot on a reconnaissance drone camera, which "hung" over the training ground for some time and adjusted the missile strike.
Judging by the footage published by the russians, the strike on the training ground was carried out by a missile equipped with a cluster warhead.
As MP Oleksii Honcharenko wrote, the training ground on which the occupiers launched a missile strike is located less than 50 km from the border with the aggressor country of russia.
"The russians struck an Iskander missile at a training ground in the Sumy Region, right during the exercises of our military. The training ground is located less than 50 km from the border with the russian federation <...> The enemy was watching the training ground. A drone hung over it for a long time, which corrected the strike," his post on Telegram says.
The network writes that the training ground is located near the city of Shostka, Sumy Region. There is no official confirmation of this information.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on March 1, 2025, russian troops attacked a training ground of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk Region. The strike was carried out with a missile with a cluster warhead, and the correction was carried out using a UAV.