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Russian drone kills one, wounds nine at funeral near Ukraine’s Sumy, official says

By Thomson Reuters May 23, 2026 | 5:07 AM

KYIV, May 23 (Reuters) – A Russian drone struck a ​funeral procession on ‌Saturday on the outskirts of the northeast Ukrainian city of ‌Sumy, ​killing ⁠one person and ⁠injuring nine, a senior local official said.

Oleh Hryhorov, head ​of the regional military administration, ⁠did not ⁠provide further details. ​Local media reported ​that a guided attack ‌drone had hit the road near a bus.

Sumy ⁠is located 30 km (19 miles) from the border ⁠and ‌has been regularly ⁠attacked by ​Russian ‌missiles and drones ​in recent ⁠years of the war.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk;Editing by Tomasz Janowski and Kevin ​Liffey)