An entire Ukrainian family killed in the Russian drone strike, the officials say

An entire family – A married couple and their two young sons – were killed in a one -night Russian drone attack in the northeast Sumy region of Ukraine, local officials said.

Regional chief, Oleh Hryhorov, said that a residential building had been affected in the village of Cherchchyna. The bodies of the two children, aged four and six, and their parents were then found wreck.

The Air Force of Ukraine said that its units shot 46 of the 65 Russian drones across the country – but there were 19 direct strokes in six places.

The army of Russia did not comment. In a statement, he said that 81 Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight in five Russian regions. No victim has been reported.

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

In an article on Telegram on Tuesday morning, Hryhorov accused Russian forces of having deliberately targeted a residential building in Cherchchyna.

He said that the loss of an entire family was “a tragedy that we will not forget or that we will never forget”.

Ukraine’s emergency DSNs later said that two residential buildings were partially destroyed in the village.

He also published photos showing that the firefighters attacking the flames after the Russian strike.

In recent weeks, Russia has intensified its air attacks against Ukraine, regularly launching hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles.

Ukraine has long urged its Western allies to provide him with enough advanced air defense weapons to be able to cope with almost daily Russian strikes.

kyiv also looked for Western missiles which could strike the big Russian cities far from the front line, arguing that this would seriously weaken the Russian military industry and would force Russian president Vladimir Putin at the negotiation table.

Last week, US vice -president JD Vance publicly said Washington was considering Ukraine’s request for long -range Tomahawk missiles, which – if they were delivered – would put Moscow and other major Russian cities at hand for Ukraine soldiers.

On Tuesday, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced: “We agreed with Ukraine that a total of 2 billion euros (1.7 billion pounds sterling) will now be spent on drones.

“This allows Ukraine to develop and use its full capacity. And of course, this will also allow the European Union to benefit from this technology,” she added.

President Donald Trump and Europe have led the efforts to end the war-but Putin repeatedly rejected calls to a ceasefire.

Kyiv and his allies accuse the Russian president of blocking tactics while his troops continue to progress slow on the battlefield – despite the report of very high victims of combat.