From the hospital where his wounded stepdaughter is being held in intensive care, Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr described how he was sitting at a military medal ceremony in a university building basement Sunday when two Russian ballistic missiles tore through the surrounding area,

During the Russian attack on Sumy, a ceremony honouring Ukrainian military personnel was taking place in the basement of a local university. As a result of the shelling, 35 civilians were killed, and over 100 were injured.