'Mass attack' partially collapses Sumy apartment block as Russian strikes kill 8, injure 52 across Ukraine over past day

Editor's note: This article was updated to reflect the latest casualty report as of the morning of May 20.

Russia launched attacks on several Ukrainian regions overnight on May 20, striking multi-story residential buildings, businesses, and other civilian targets across the country, killing eight people and injuring at least 52 others, officials reported.

Russia launched 154 drones and one ballistic missile, Ukraine's Air Force reported. Out of them, 131 drones were shot down. Direct hits by a missile and 23 drones were recorded at 20 locations, and fallen debris damaged six locations.

A Russian attack on the city of Konotop in Sumy Oblast struck a multi-story building, killing a woman and injuring at least 11 people, regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported.

Mayor Artem Semenikhin said the "mass attack" caused three stories of a residential building to collapse. Several people were extracted from the rubble, and emergency responders were working to determine the number of victims.

Due to a lack of ambulances, the injured were transferred to the hospital in civilian vehicles, Semenikhin added.

Search and rescue operations have been ongoing as of 11:13 a.m. local time, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.

Houses, apartments, and administrative buildings also sustained damage, according to the mayor. A city museum was also reportedly destroyed in the attack.

In the regional capital, Sumy, electricity disruptions were reported amid the wide-scale attack.

Elsewhere in Sumy Oblast, four people were killed, 10 injured, Hryhorov said.

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, two people were killed, six were injured overnight in Dnipro in a Russian attack which damaged a food storage warehouse, houses, and vehicles, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. Five people were hospitalized in the attack.

Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported on May 20 that over 80 rescue personnel and 25 pieces of equipment, including robotic tools, had been dispatched to respond to the aftermath of the attack.

A 75-year-old woman was killed, 6 people were injured, including a child, in Russian attacks on Kharkiv Oblast, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. In total, 22 settlements were damaged in the attacks.

Russian attacks across Donetsk Oblast injured 11 people – nine in Kramatorsk and two in Druzhkivka – and heavily damaged residential areas, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported. At least 24 houses and six apartment buildings were damaged, alongside civilian infrastructure, shops, warehouses, and vehicles. Russian forces struck populated areas in the region 24 times in total.

Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast injured seven people, including three children, Governor Ivan Fedorov said. The casualties included a family of four – a man, a woman, their 2-year-old son, and a 12-year-old daughter.

Overall, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian troops carried out 909 strikes on 42 settlements.

In Chernihiv Oblast, one person was injured in the Russian attack, which damaged a resort complex in the Baturyn community, a civilian vehicle on the morning of May 20, Governor Viacheslav Chaus reported.

Residential buildings and vehicles were also struck in Odesa, with a single-story building completely destroyed by the attack, local officials reported. No casualties were reported.

Russia regularly launches strikes in Ukrainian regions closer to the front line as it continues to target Ukraine's energy, transport, and civilian infrastructure in regular overnight attacks.