More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed on Sunday when Russian troops shelled a military base in Okhtyrka, a city in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region.
The Guardian reported citing Dmytro Zhyvytskyy, the head of Sumy region. Sumy is one the regions that is currently under siege by Russian forces and being targeted to missile and air strikes.
Dmytro Zhyvytskyy posted photographs of the charred shell of a four-story building and rescuers searching rubble. In a later Facebook post, he said many Russian soldiers and some local residents also were killed during the fighting on Sunday, The Guardian reported.
Ukraine's Parliament has tweeted a tribute to the servicemen, saying "Eternal glory to the heroes of Ukraine." Parliament said they were killed by Grad missiles.
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