Russia Kills 2 in Sumy Kindergarten Strike, Wounds 9 (Including 3 Children) in Kharkiv — Sumy Declares Day of Mourning

On May 7, 2026, Russian forces struck a kindergarten in Ukraine's Sumy border region, killing 2 people — an attack that prompted Sumy city authorities to declare a day of mourning. Russian forces also launched a drone strike on residential Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, wounding 9 people including 3 children. Across the Sumy border region, Russian forces launched at least 65 airstrikes dropping 178 guided aerial bombs and deployed 4,869 kamikaze drones throughout May 7 (Day 1,534 of the war). Ukraine's air defense shot down 92 of 102 Russian drones in one overnight wave. On the ground, Russian forces conducted 156 combat engagements across all fronts, including 21 assault actions in the Pokrovsk direction, 17 attacks toward Huliaipole (Zaporizhzhia region), and 8 assaults near Lyman (Donetsk region). Russia's strikes on the Sumy region came despite a 5 km buffer zone agreed in late 2024; Ukrainian border authorities documented the zone as routinely violated. The kindergarten strike, targeting civilian infrastructure during a declared ceasefire period, was condemned by Ukrainian officials as a deliberate war crime.