Russia uses KAB bombs to attack TPP in Sumy, shells Esmansk community, causing casualties

In Sumy, the Russian occupying forces attacked the local thermal power plant with guided aerial bombs.

The Sumy Regional Military Administration reports this.

According to the military administration, preliminary data show no injuries. The consequences of the impact are still being clarified, and all the necessary services are working on the spot.

The occupiers also shelled the Esmansk community of the Shostka district. According to preliminary data, it was done with barrel artillery.

"As a result of the shelling, two people received injuries of varying degrees of severity. They were taken to the Hlukhiv hospital," the regional military administration emphasized.

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On the night of April 11, Russian troops launched a large-scale aerial assault on Ukraine's territory. Multiple groups of drones were spotted in the evening, followed by missiles from strategic bombers as well as ballistic and "Kinzhal" missiles. Air defense systems were activated, and explosions shook cities such as Kharkiv and Lviv. Energy facilities were targeted in the attack.

Last night, the Air Force announced the deployment of air defense forces and equipment in southern Ukraine, specifically in the Odesa region. Subsequently, reports of air defense operations in the Kyiv region emerged, particularly in response to enemy kamikaze drones.

At around 2:30 a.m., it was reported that approximately nine Tu- 95 strategic bombers had taken off from Russia's Murmansk region. Just before 4 o'clock, the Tu–95MS bombers executed a maneuver near the launching zones, and the launch of cruise missiles was confirmed.

Later, at approximately 6 a.m., the Air Force reported the movement of four MiG-31K aircraft and was notified about the launch of "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missiles over Ukraine's territory.

There were explosions heard in Kharkiv and the surrounding area as a result of rocket attacks by the occupying forces. According to local officials, the invaders launched at least ten strikes in both the city and the surrounding region.

Explosions rang out, in particular, in Kharkiv and Lviv, energy facilities were also under attack:

• In the Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, air defense forces and means were working due to missile attacks. In particular, the enemy launched Kinzhal missiles at Lviv.
• In the Mykolaiv region, the wreckage of the downed Shahed drones fell in an open area; there is no information about the destruction and casualties.
• In the Odesa region, fragments of downed kamikaze drones ignited on the territory of an energy facility – there was a fire, which has already been extinguished.
• In the Kyiv region, there were strikes by Shahed UAVs and missiles; during the air alert, a critical infrastructure object was attacked.
• There were reports of explosions in Kharkiv and the surrounding area caused by rocket attacks from the occupying forces. According to local authorities, the invaders launched at least ten strikes in the city and surrounding region.

During the night and morning of April 11, the Air Defense destroyed 57 air targets: 39 attack drones and 18 missiles.