Russian drone kills one, wounds nine at funeral near Ukraine's Sumy, official says

KYIV - A Russian drone struck a funeral procession on Saturday on the outskirts of the northeast Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing one person and injuring nine, a senior local official said.

Oleh Hryhorov, head of the regional military administration, did not provide further details. Local media reported that a guided attack drone had hit the road near a bus.

Sumy is located 30 km (19 miles) from the border and has been regularly attacked by Russian missiles and drones in recent years of the war.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk;Editing by Tomasz Janowski and Kevin Liffey)

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This story was originally published May 23, 2026 at 6:07 AM.