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Russian army attacks multiple regions of Ukraine

20 May 2026 08:54 (UTC +04:00)

Russia launched attacks on several Ukrainian regions overnight on May 20, striking multi-story residential buildings, businesses, and other civilian targets, while injuring at least 11 people, KYIV INDEPENDENT reports, citing officials.

A Russian attack on the city of Konotop in Sumy Oblast struck a multi-story building, injuring at least six people, regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported.

Mayor Artem Semenikhin said the "massive attack" caused three stories of a residential building to collapse. Several people have been extracted from the rubble, and emergency responders are working to determine the number of victims.

Due to a lack of ambulances, the injured are being transferred to the hospital in civilian vehicles, Semenikhin added.

Houses, apartments, and administrative buildings also sustained damage, according to the mayor. A city museum was also reportedly destroyed in the attack.

In the regional capital, Sumy, electricity disruptions were reported amid the wide-scale attack.

Elsewhere in Ukraine, five people were injured overnight in Dnipro in a Russian attack on food storage warehouses in the city, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. Two people, a man and a woman, were hospitalized in the attack.

Residential buildings and vehicles were also struck in Odesa, with a single-story building completely destroyed by the attack, local officials reported. No information was immediately available as to any casualties in the region.