Bodies of two people likely killed in Russian strike discovered in Sumy Oblast
Pravda Ukraine
The bodies of a man and his mother, who had been preparing to evacuate on 9 December and had since lost contact, have been discovered in a border hromada in Sumy Oblast. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]. They are believed to have died as a result of the Russian attack.
Source: Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
Quote: “According to the investigation, on 26 January 2025, law enforcement officers discovered the bodies of a 62-year-old man and his 86-year-old mother in the village of Ponomarenky, Velyka Pysarivka hromada, Okhtyrka district. They had been preparing to evacuate on 9 December 2024 and had since lost contact.
Early data suggests the individuals were killed in enemy shelling.”
Details: Under the procedural guidance of the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, a pre-trial investigation is underway into war crimes that resulted in the deaths of civilians (Part 2, Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
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