The Russian army launched a missile attack on a community in Sumy region, and a kindergarten was destroyed in another community after a fire attack by a Russian aircraft.
On May 21, Russian troops shelled the territories of Chernihiv and Sumy regions close to the border with the Russian Federation five times, employing mortars and artillery.
In the afternoon, Russian troops fired nine more times at the border of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions - with mortars, artillery and helicopter gunships.