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Both were injured. They had lain in the cold for several days. Video shows paratroopers carrying one of them across a pine forest where Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency debriefed them along with South Korea’s national intelligence service a 25-year-old sergeant from Pyongyang – joined the army in 2016 and was serving in a sniper reconnaissance platoon a part of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s fifth battalion All the other soldiers in his seven-person group were killed He said he had lain in the open for “three four or five days” and said the name given on his Russian military ID was bogus believed he was taking part in a training exercise Ovcharenko, who has been fighting in Russia since Ukraine’s August incursion described the prisoners as “precious” – valuable assets in the struggle for international opinion “Western agencies know North Korea is involved in Russia’s war Pyongyang is sending Moscow infantry as well as weapons.” According to Zelenskyy the soldiers were raised “in an information vacuum” and knew nothing about Ukraine Moscow was using them “solely to prolong and escalate its war” The pair’s capture comes at a precarious time for Kyiv ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House and as Russian troops advance in the east of Ukraine Beijing sells micro-electronic components used in weapons systems and is a political partner 0:44Footage shows Ukrainian drones dropping grenades on enemy soldiers in the Kursk region – video Pyongyang’s deepening involvement in Europe’s biggest conflict since 1945 has implications for the Asia Pacific region, especially for South Korea According to Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence organisation the Kremlin is providing Kim Jong Un’s regime with torpedoes and technology for making drones North Korea is keen to receive intelligence from Russian military satellites and air-to-air missiles Meanwhile, North Korean troops are gaining valuable experience of 21st century war. Maj Gen Vadym Skybytskyi said they were learning from their mistakes “To begin with they advanced in large groups across snowy fields They are learning new tactics and how to fight in a drone environment.” Those who survive will return home as military trainers Speaking to the Observer, Skybytskyi said the North Koreans were keen and ideologically driven. Casualties – 300 dead, 2,700 injured according to Seoul – have not dented morale Soldiers have blown themselves up to avoid capture An iPad retrieved from a dead North Korean soldier contained 67 gigabytes of propaganda After two hours he said: ‘North Korea is the best country in the world,’” the general explained Some Ukrainian soldiers have dismissed the North Koreans as hopeless fighters sent by Russia on suicide missions said some were organised and good marksmen: “The Russians hide when they see drones planes and tanks.” These skills could play a role in a future peninsular war on the southern outskirts of the Ukrainian-held town It is unclear how long Kyiv can continue its Kursk operation. The region could form part of peace negotiations with Moscow. So far, however, Vladimir Putin has said that his war objectives are unchanged They include the annexation of four Ukrainian regions – including major cities Russia does not control – and a veto on Ukraine’s Nato membership Residents in Ukrainian communities just across from Kursk worry that a second Russian invasion looms “What will happen to our territory when the operation is over That’s the question,” Anastasiia Kozhukhova wondered where her husband Oleksandr is deputy mayor A fence in a ruined village marks the boundary In the months leading up to Ukraine’s cross-border raid last summer Russia attacked Bilopillia with air-dropped glide bombs One bomb flattened the police station opposite Kozhukhova’s flat “I hid in the bath with my 12-year-old son The Russians continue to target Bilopillia with missiles and drones He showed off a basement shelter where his mostly female colleagues worked and the cemetery where several of his soldier friends are buried Did he feel sympathy for North Koreans fighting nearby Read moreThe unit’s commander Vadym Riddik said the North Koreans were taking brutal losses The Russians are more careful and go around in twos or threes.” To prove his point Riddik showed off videos from kamikaze drones First one and then another fell on a large party of North Koreans as they walked on open ground warfare had changed completely – something Pyongyang now understands better Expensive tanks could be knocked out by cheap unmanned aerial vehicles Both sides were experimenting with fibre-optic drones War is the engine of progress,” the commander said he added: “I think we are better than them.” Luke Harding’s Invasion: Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media The Sumy Regional Military Administration said this in a post on Telegram Enemy attacks targeted the following communities: Verkhnia Syrovatka The Krasnopillia community came under mortar fire (35 explosions) The Bilopillia community was attacked with VOG grenades dropped from drones (6 explosions) The Putyvl community came under artillery fire (3 explosions) The Yunakivka community was shelled with artillery (32 explosions) and hit by FPV drones (3) The Verkhnia Syrovatka community was attacked by drones The Nova Sloboda community came under mortar fire (12 explosions) The Shalyhyne community was hit with artillery (10 explosions) The Myropillia community was hit with guided bombs (7 explosions) and mortars (2) The Velyka Pysarivka community was struck by FPV drones (4) VOG grenades were also dropped from a drone (2 explosions) The Esman community was attacked with FPV drones (3 explosions) While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce." A Russian drone attack on Odesa Oblast on May 5 killed one and caused damage to local infrastructure "We appreciate that Germany plays a pivotal role in supporting Ukraine throughout the years of war Ukraine is also grateful for your personal commitment," President Volodymyr Zelensky said MPs will be able to ask questions and learn more about the details of the agreement in meetings with Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko May 6-7 MP Serhii Sobolev told the news outlet Suspilne The ratification vote is scheduled for May 8 Attacks against the border villages of Bilopillia and Vorozhba damaged civilian infrastructure and triggered emergency evacuations the regional military administration reported "I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous war between Russia and Ukraine ended — now!" U.S Putin's Victory Day truce "doesn't sound like much if you know where we started from," Trump told reporters at the White House on May 5 Far-right Euroskeptic candidate George Simion head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan placed second with 20.99% of the vote and the candidate from the ruling coalition "It requires the continuation of contacts between Moscow and Washington which have been launched and are now ongoing," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said set to operate within the Council of Europe will focus on Russia's political and military leaders up to 20 Russian soldiers were killed and their equipment destroyed The move represents an apparent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests by Dmytro BasmatA Russian attack on Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast on Aug 2024 killed one person and injured three others Former President Petro Poroshenko (center) who was in the community at the time of the attack is pictured observing the scene (Petro Poroshenko/Telegram)Editor's note: This article contains graphic images Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in the town of Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast on Aug killing one person and injuring three others the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported According to investigators Russia dropped a KAB guided aerial bomb onto local residences around 4 p.m The attack on the homes left a 33-year-old male homeowner dead and seriously injured his 11-year-old daughter were also injured in the attacks that targeted five local homes No information was provided on the extent of their injuries Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who was in the community at the time of the attack and visited the site of bomb strike, referred to the attack on social media as "Russian terrorism against peaceful residents." A person is carried into an ambulance on a stretcher following a Russian attack on Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast on Aug. 18, 2024. (Petro Poroshenko/Telegram)Residents in Sumy Oblast are subjected to daily attacks on the region. Throughout the day on Aug. 18, Russia targeted the region 89 times, with 222 explosions reported in the area, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration said Another resident in the village of Yunakivka was also injured in a separate KAB guided bomb attack although the extend of their injuries is unclear The security situation in Sumy Oblast became more tense with the start of Ukraine's cross-border incursion into neighboring Kursk Oblast in Russia Sumy Oblast borders Russia's Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod oblasts Civilians in Sumy Oblast within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the border with Kursk Oblast are now subject to restrictions on movement due to increasing Russian attacks according to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces Dmytro Basmat is a senior news editor for The Kyiv Independent. He previously worked in Canadian politics as a communications lead and spokesperson for a national political party, and as a communications assistant for a Canadian Member of Parliament. Basmat has a Master's degree in Political Management from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Governance from Toronto Metropolitan University. Askold Krushelnycky hears from residents in Bilopillia – four miles from the border – about the aerial assault by Putin’s forces in recent days, and how they are still glad that Ukrainian troops are attacking inside Russia Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. On the groundThe Ukraine border village facing up to Russia’s wrath over Kursk attack: ‘The worst bombing I’ve faced’Askold Krushelnycky hears from residents in Bilopillia – four miles from the border – about the aerial assault by Putin’s forces in recent days and how they are still glad that Ukrainian troops are attacking inside Russia The Ukrainian village of Bilopillia is about four miles from the border with Russia, opposite the Kursk region, where Kyiv’s troops are two weeks into an attack that caught Russia by surprise Bilopillia is now paying the price for that audacious assault, as Vladimir Putin’s forces carpet the border region with aerial strikes Piotr Kaszuwara – the head of a Polish humanitarian aid group called UA Future, which has been delivering food and medicine to Bilopillia – says the village has suffered intensive airstrikes involving rockets and deadly glide-bombs. “I’ve been coming to Ukraine since 2022 and this was the worst bombing I was under At times I thought I wouldn’t get out alive,” he says and the road there was suspiciously free of any military traffic when The Independent arrived but it was unclear why it had been targeted given it was free of any visible Ukrainian military presence who had probably been hiding in forests and deserted houses for days to throw the Russian troops responding to the incursion into Kursk off kilter There had not been any military traffic so as not to arouse the suspicions of Russian forces monitoring the area with surveillance drones have seen their house damaged by the strikes The glide bomb fell some 80yds behind their home – a 40-year-old man sustained bad leg and head injuries and was taken to the hospital and plaster from the ceilings and walls covers the floor The people of the village have set up an alert system of their own monitoring the many official and unofficial websites that assess the military situation and provide warnings about aerial threats Alla’s neighbour tells her that another alert has gone out saying that six glide bombs are heading in their direction too: “This place is so rickety that if anything hits it it is going to collapse on top of us and we’ll be buried alive.” The group disperses across a number of ground-floor rooms avoiding large windows that could splinter into dangerous shards Alla sits on the edge of the bath in the couple’s bathroom trying to adhere to the “rule of two walls” Ukrainians are advised to shelter with an outer wall and at least one inner wall between them and the potential blast and holds out her hands to show how much they are shaking “It’s been like this whenever there’s an alert since our house was hit.” Perhaps the other two bombs exploded far away they have done their job – to instil terror we hear that two people were wounded in that strike and the village railway station was damaged a glide bomb landed near Alla and Sasha’s home shaking it and shattering some of the remaining windows but a male neighbour who had greeted us was killed Emergency services dug the two out from beneath the rubble of their home and said it appeared that the father had sheltered his daughter with his own body creating a protective cavity that enabled her to survive The Independent contacted Alla and Sasha to check on them Ukrainian forces say their assault on Kursk is still gaining ground – albeit at a much slower pace than during the first days of the attack – as Moscow sends in more of its own forces backed by large quantities of armoured vehicles with Moscow denying that Ukraine has made substantial inroads in that area While the Kursk incursion has definitely been a morale booster for Ukrainian soldiers and civilians it’s too early to call it the total success that Kyiv is trumpeting It has likely achieved one of its main aims – to show that Ukraine can use the equipment supplied by the West superbly if allowed to use it freely thereby prompting Western allies to give more.. the operation has not yet fully succeeded in another of its major aims – to force Russia to redeploy its troops to Kursk from the Donetsk area of eastern Ukraine where the Russians are pushing on relentlessly and making small advances (albeit at a very high cost to themselves in men and materiel) The Kursk operation was intended to shake up and break out of this almost static but bloody attritional situation – which currently favours Russia because Putin appears indifferent to how many Russians die Some Russian forces have apparently been redeployed from battlefields in Ukrainian occupied territory but not in the kind of numbers that will significantly relieve the situation for Ukrainian defenders who have lost a string of small villages and ground in the past week The Ukrainian military has prepared fallback positions from important locations such as Chasiv Yar and Pokrovsk with some units who have spoken to the press warning that they may have to withdraw in the coming weeks Remaining civilians in Ukrainian-held areas close to the intense fighting have been urged to evacuate as rapidly as possible says he is pleased that the Ukrainians have gone into Russian territory: “Let [the Russians] feel some of the pain they have been inflicting on innocent people here for years.” More aboutRussiaKurskVladimir PutinUkraineJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies {"adUnitPath":"71347885/_main_independent/gallery","autoGallery":true,"disableAds":true,"gallery":[{"data":{"title":"3 Alla & Sasha in their home damaged by a glide bomb..jpeg","description":"Alla, 52, and her husband, Sasha, 61, in their home close to the Russia border that has been damaged by Russian glide bombs","caption":"Alla, 52, and her husband Sasha, 61, in their home close to the Russia border, which has been damaged by Russian glide bombs Alla, 52, and her husband Sasha, 61, in their home close to the Russia border, which has been damaged by Russian glide bombs govt and politics/armed forces/army"},{"score":0.675299,"label":"/law by Sonya BandouilBig letters 'Sumy' stand at the entrance to the city of Sumy (Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)Russia attacked 12 communities in Sumy Oblast on Nov the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported The communities of Sumy, Khotin, Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Novoslobidsk, Putyvl, Shalyhyne, Druzhbivka, Seredyna-Buda, Znob-Novgorodske were targeted Russian forces fired 57 times and caused 129 explosions Three people were injured in Sumy as a result of a ballistic missile strike Russia assailed the border communities with mortar The town of Bilopillia experienced the most attacks, with 65 explosions recorded in the area. Bilopillia, which had a pre-war population of about 15,600 residents, lies just eight kilometers south of the Ukraine-Russia border Russian strikes against Sumy Oblast have become increasingly destructive in recent months, amid fears that Russia may launch a new attack on Sumy Oblast in the coming months Shelling is a daily occurrence for the communities near Ukraine's northeastern border with Russia with residents in the region's vulnerable border settlements experiencing multiple attacks per day by Sonya BandouilThe aftermath of the Russian drone strike against Sumy on July 3 (Source: Sumy Regional Military Administration/Telegram)Russian forces attacked five border areas and settlements of Sumy Oblast on June 6 firing 19 times and causing at least 75 explosions The communities of Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Esman, Velyka Pysarivka were targeted The Russian military struck the communities using artillery fire The town of Bilopillia experienced the most attacks, with 21 explosions recorded in the area. Bilopillia, which had a pre-war population of about 15,600 residents, lies just eight kilometers south of the Ukraine-Russia border Russian strikes against Sumy Oblast have become increasingly destructive in recent months. Amid intensified attacks, Ukrainian authorities ordered increased evacuations from the region Shelling is a daily occurrence for the communities near Ukraine's northeastern border with Russia by Sonya BandouilIllustrative purposes only: An aerial view of the city center of Sumy (RoNeDya / Getty Images)Russian forces attacked eleven border areas and settlements of Sumy Oblast on May 13 firing 36 times and causing at least 166 explosions The communities of Khotin, Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Putyvl, Esman, Shalyhyne, Seredyna-Buda, Druzhba and Znob-Novgorodske were targeted The town of Bilopillia experienced the most attacks, with 42 explosions recorded in the area. Bilopillia, which had a pre-war population of about 15,600 residents, lies just eight kilometers south of the Ukraine-Russia border Russian strikes against the Sumy region have become increasingly destructive in recent months. Amid intensified attacks, Ukrainian authorities ordered further evacuations from the region This was reported by the Sumy Regional Military Administration on Telegram "Krasnopillia community: the enemy conducted drone strikes (three explosions) launched guided aerial bombs (33 explosions) including six glide bombs dropped on the community this morning one civilian was killed and another was injured and several non-residential structures were damaged," the statement said It was noted that Buryn community was attacked by drones (two explosions) "Esman community: a strike by an FPV kamikaze drone was recorded (one explosion) Myropillia community: Russians shelled it with MLRS (15 explosions) Putivl community: the enemy attacked with a drone (one explosion) – it was destroyed Stepanivka community: shelled by a UAV (one explosion) – also destroyed," the report stated Velykopysarivka community was hit by artillery fire (three explosions) and a kamikaze drone strike (one explosion) the enemy struck with self-propelled artillery (38 explosions) and MLRS (12 explosions) an enemy UAV dropped an explosive device (one explosion) Earlier reports indicate that following the Russian shelling of Krasnopillia community a woman was killed and her son was injured by Rachel AmranPhoto for illustrative purposes The aftermath of the Russian strike against the Esman community in Sumy Oblast on May 10 (Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office/Telegram)Russian forces struck 13 communities in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast in 43 separate attacks throughout the day the regional administration reported on May 19 The communities of Khotin, Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Myropillia, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Nova Sloboda, Druzhba, Svesa, Hlukhiv, Shalyhyne, Esman, and Seredyna-Buda, were targeted A man in the Khotin community was reportedly injured as a result of the shelling The town of Bilopillia, with a pre-war population of about 15,600 residents, experienced the bulk of the attacks reported, with 68 explosions recorded in the area. The community is located just eight kilometers south of the Ukraine-Russia border Russian strikes against Sumy Oblast have become increasingly destructive in recent months. Amid intensified attacks, Ukrainian authorities ordered increased evacuations from the region Ukraine's military intelligence chief said on May 14 that he expects Russia to launch a new attack in Sumy Oblast after the situation in Kharkiv Oblast stabilizes Shelling is a daily occurrence for the communities near Ukraine's northeastern border with Russia Rachel Amran is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent She previously worked on the Europe and Central Asia team of Human Rights Watch investigating war crimes in Ukraine Rachel holds a master's degree in Russian and Eurasian Regional Studies from Columbia University by Sonya BandouilRescuers use high-rise equipment and special tools to search for people under the rubble of a five-story residential building destroyed by one of the Shahed drones launched by Russian troops to attack Sumy (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)Russian forces attacked five border areas and settlements of Sumy Oblast on April 18 firing 14 times and causing at least 82 explosions The communities of Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Yunakivka, Svesa, and Novo Sloboda were targeted One civilian was injured in the Bilopillia community with a pre-war population of about 16,000 residents The community is located eight kilometers south and 25 kilometers west of the Ukiraine-Russian border Residents in Sumy Oblast have been experiencing daily threats of shelling, but attacks have intensified in recent weeks, prompting large-scale evacuations from the region. [email protected] Russian troops shelled a television tower in Bilopylla (Sumy oblast) on May 6; the TV tower was damaged by the strike and is currently disabled reports a representative of the Institute of Mass Information The video of the impact of the strike was uploaded to Russian propaganda channels on Telegram The occupiers reported hitting the tower with high-explosive aerial bombs-500 (FAB) Russian shelling strike on a TV tower in Bilopillya Screenshot from a video uploaded by a Russian pro-war Telegram channel "Footage of enemy objects' loss: a cell tower an elevator with an electronic warfare system installed The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on the extent of the damage It will be recalled that the Russian army fired at least four times on the television tower in Bilopyl. For the first time - March 9, 2022. In June 2023, the TV tower shut down again due to a Russian attack On March 14, 2024, the Russian troops shelled the largest TV and radio transmitters in Sumy oblast: in Bilopillya MH-1 and MH-2 broadcasting in Bilopillya was resumed in early April representative of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting [email protected] (050) 447-70-63 Ідентифікатор медіа: R40-01250 Reprinting and disseminating our information is allowed but under strictly condition of reference to the source by Abbey FenbertIllustrated map of Ukraine (Ruslan Maiborodin)Russian forces attacked 12 communities along the Sumy Oblast border on April 12 The communities of Myropillia, Khotin, Svesa, Mykolaiv, Esman, Yunakivka, Shalyhyne, Bilopillia, Putyvl, Seredyna-Buda, Velyka Pysarivka, and Krasnopillia were targeted with Russian artillery with mortar attacks causing 20 explosions throughout the day The town of Bilopillia which had a pre-war population of about 15,600 residents lies just eight kilometers south of the Ukraine-Russia border No casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure along the border were reported Earlier in the day, a Russian airstrike against the regional capital injured three people and damaged residential and administrative buildings Residents who live along Sumy Oblast's northeastern border with Russia experience daily attacks from nearby Russian troops. The government announced on April 12 that it has allocated Hr 1.5 billion ($38 million) for the construction of additional fortifications in Sumy Oblast Abbey Fenbert is a senior news editor at the Kyiv Independent and playwright with an MFA from Boston University Abbey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine from 2008-2011 Russian forces have attacked Sumy Oblast 21 times over the past 24 hours conducting a missile attack and launching air-dropped mines and VOG high-explosive fragmentation grenades from uncrewed aerial vehicles Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration Quote: "A total of 79 explosions have been recorded Seredyna-Buda and Svesa hromadas were affected [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.]." Details: The Russians targeted Krasnopillia hromada with mortars and dropped VOGs from UAVs (28 explosions) [the figures in parenthesis represent the number of explosions that have been caused by Russian attacks – ed.] Russian artillery and mortars attacked Seredyna-Buda hromada (8 explosions) The Russians launched four air-dropped mines on the territory of Bilopillia hromada Russian multiple-launch rocket systems struck Svesa hromada (4 explosions) Seven explosions rocked Khotin hromada due to Russian artillery shelling Russian artillery fired on Shalyhyne hromada (10 explosions) The Russians targeted Yunakivka hromada with artillery (2 explosions) Russian artillery struck Velyka Pysarivka hromada (8 explosions) Support UP or become our patron Editor-in-chief: Sevğil Musayeva Founding Editor: Olena Prytula Contact us: upeng@pravda.ua Russian troops shelled Bilopillia in Sumy region and one person was killed and several wounded according to Sumy Regional Military Administration Russia fired the town of Bilopillia with artillery Five explosions were recorded,” the statement reads according to the Sumy Regional Military Administration one woman was killed and four people were wounded in the shelling The Russian shelling also damaged the premises of a medical facility On April 26, Russian troops shelled Derhachi in the Kharkiv region, Sumy, and Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region Russian air strike on Sumy hit an industrial facility three of the four victims in Derhachi are minors carried out an air strike on the center of Bilopillia and the city of Sumy according to the Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office and the Sumy Regional Military Administration Russia carried out an air strike on a civilian infrastructure object in the city of Sumy the enemy conducted three airstrikes with aviation bombs on the central part of the town of Bilopillia in the Sumy district civilian infrastructure objects and vehicles were damaged the Sumy Regional Military Administration reported that some of the injured in Bilopillia are currently in critical condition Medical assistance is being provided to the victims by both local and regional hospitals It is known that as a result of the RF attack trade institutions and the city council suffered destruction All necessary services are working at the scene Russian terrorists committed another crime against peaceful people by targeting civilian infrastructure Thanks to the timely sounding of the air alarm and people taking shelter a larger number of casualties were avoided those who remained outside suffered injuries My condolences go out to the family and loved ones of the deceased Take care of yourselves and your loved ones," stated Volodymyr Artyukh the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Today, Russian occupiers struck Sumy using their aviation The target of the attack was civilian infrastructure Authorities urged local residents to be vigilant and careful as well as always seek shelter during air raids it became known about the Russian attack on Bilopillia Belopole Russian shell hit the territory of the fire and rescue unit Sergey received a mine-explosive and closed craniocerebral injury and a large team of rescuers of Sumy region lost a reliable colleague and an indispensable professional in their field Senior Lieutenant of the Civil Protection Service Sergei Antonenko was only 22 years old He devoted his young life to saving people more than one fire was successfully eliminated and assistance was provided in time to peaceful Ukrainians who suffered from enemy strikes We share the pain of loss with family and loved ones We use cookies to provide you with better navigation on our website you automatically agree to the use of these technologies.