Photo: National Police of Ukraine

Russian forces struck a residential building in the Sumy Oblast, killing two people, the regional prosecutor's office reported.

According to the investigation, at around 3:20 p.m. Kyiv time, the occupiers dropped glide bombs on a two-story residential building in the settlement of Krasnopillia, Sumy district.

The attack killed a 69-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man.

Law enforcement is documenting the aftermath of the strike and investigating the attack as a war crime that resulted in civilian deaths. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment.

Photo: Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office
Photo: National Police
Photo: National Police

Krasnopillia is located about eight kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Map: Deepstate
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