Russia Pummels Ukraine's Sumy Region With 50 Blasts in Half an Hour: Report
BY PATRICIA MCKNIGHT ON 4/27/22 AT 10:56 PM EDT
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Ukrainian officials report that Russia launched over 50 missile attacks in the Sumy Oblast region Wednesday morning, leaving the already damaged city in pieces.

Sumy has suffered from multiple attacks since the conflict with Russia began in February, with Wednesday's attack the heaviest to date. The head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, said that Russians shelled the Sumy region more than 50 times in half an hour, according to Ukrainian news outlet Pravda.

"Russia is again provocatively shelling our territories with mortars," Zhyvytskyi said in a post to his Telegram account. "More than fifty arrivals in the last half hour. Losses are being clarified."

Due to the recent shellings, Ukrainian officials made it forbidden for citizens to approach the border within 1 kilometer, or a little over half a mile. Officials also forbid citizens from getting close to the border at night.

Boromlya, In Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
The Sumy Oblast region on Wednesday sustained at least 50 missile strikes from Russian forces. Pictured, residents work to clear debris from destroyed houses in Boromlya, Ukraine, a southern town in the Sumy Oblast, on March 30, 2022. Chris McGrath/Getty Images
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine spokesman Andriy Demchenko made the announcement of the restrictions Tuesday as Russian forces pushed toward the region.

"Additional temporary regime restrictions were introduced by the head of the state border guard body in Sumy region, taking into account the situation in the region and in order to strengthen control over compliance with the border regime," Demchenko said.

"In particular, any movement of civilians in the area along the state border 1 kilometer wide, as well as the movement of persons and vehicles and all kinds of work outside the settlements at night is prohibited," he continued.

The day before Demchenko announced the restrictions, the Sumy region was shelled four times by Russian forces. The Sumy Regional Military Administration recorded a total of 15 missiles that day.

As attacks continue, Ukrainian officials said they will continue to put safety measures in place for citizens.

The mayor of Okhtyrka in the Sumy region, Pavlo Kuzmenko, said about half of the citizens in his city have fled the region due to Russian attacks.

"We deported tens of thousands of people, approximately 50 percent of the city's population left," Kuzmenko said in a speech, according to Pravda. "In total, our population is 48,000, then there are 20,000."

Arrest zelensky and the war is over! The guy is a western stooge watching his citizens die while he cashes out!

Russia will rape Ukraine to death ,like a black bull on a pussy