The Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy on April 13 damaged the office of the media outlet CUKR and the Sumy Press Club. A photo exhibition by the news outlet Kordon.Media at the Congress Center was destroyed as well, as reported by CUKR director Dmytro Tishchenko in a Facebook post and by Kordon.Media co-founder and director Alyona Yatsyna in a comment to the Institute of Mass Information.
“The impact was minimal. Our colleagues are already working on site. Thanks to everyone who writes to us, asks questions, supports us. This is invaluable. Condolences to the families of all the deceased and injured,” Dmytro Tishchenko wrote.
He clarified in a comment to the Institute of Mass Information representative Valentyna Troyan that none of the employees were injured.
Kordon.Media co-founder and director Alyona Yatsyna reported in a comment to the IMI that the father of their war reporter was injured in the strike. He was in the epicenter of the explosion: he works as a security guard at the Congress Center. The man is in the hospital. The strike also destroyed a photo exhibition initiated by Kordon.Media, which was located in the Congress Center.
Alyona Yatsyna says that the hallway windows in the Sumy Press Club, which hosts press conferences, were blown out by the strike.
Alyona Yatsyna adds that the Nyankiny Theater has been destroyed.
“Everything was destroyed. They were in the Congress (Congress Center. – Ed.) bomb shelter; children were supposed to come there at 12:00,” Yatsyna said.
According to her, the shelter was targeted directly and did not withstand the blow.
On April 13, 2025, Russia struck central Sumy city with two ballistic missiles. As reported by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram, as of 2:00 p.m., 31 people were known to have died. Over 80 people were injured, including ten children.