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| Topic - WAR Posted: 13 Apr 2025 at 9:56pm By Dutch Josh 2 |
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--tw-pan-x: ; --tw-pan-y: ; --tw-pinch-zoom: ; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-gradient-from-: ; --tw-gradient-via-: ; --tw-gradient-to-: ; --tw-ordinal: ; --tw-slashed-zero: ; --tw-numeric-figure: ; --tw-numeric-spacing: ; --tw-numeric-fr: ; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: hslvar--colors-blue-500 / 0.5; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-: ; --tw-brightness: ; --tw-contrast: ; --tw-grayscale: ; --tw-hue-rotate: ; --tw-invert: ; --tw-saturate: ; --tw-sepia: ; --tw-drop-shadow: ; --tw-backdrop-: ; --tw-backdrop-brightness: ; --tw-backdrop-contrast: ; --tw-backdrop-grayscale: ; --tw-backdrop-hue-rotate: ; --tw-backdrop-invert: ; --tw-backdrop-opacity: ; --tw-backdrop-saturate: ; --tw-backdrop-sepia: ; --tw-contain-size: ; --tw-contain-layout: ; --tw-contain-paint: ; --tw-contain-style: ; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; text-align: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; appearance: ; -: none; cursor: pointer; align-items: stretch; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; outline-style: none; user-: none;">   Strike on Sumy: What Really Happened to Ukraine’s 117th Territorial Defense Brigade
This morning, Russian forces struck the center of Sumy, targeting the area near the Congress Center of Sumy State University. The incident quickly gained traction in Ukrainian media due to reported civilian casualties in the street.
Kiev’s propaganda machine might have spun the story to portray a deliberate strike on civilians — but several key details, confirmed by Ukrainian public figures themselves, tell a different story.
 What did Ukrainian officials reveal?
 MP Maryana Bezuhla, known for occasionally breaking ranks with the official line, admitted that a military ceremony honoring Ukrainian troops was underway at the time of the strike.
Bezuhla also suggested there was likely a leak of information that exposed the gathering site to Russian forces. She criticized the Ukrainian military command for failing to learn from previous incidents where troop formations were hit.
Konotop Mayor Artem Semenikhin openly blamed Sumy regional governor Volodymyr Artyukh for organizing the ceremony in a central urban area. He went as far as admitting that after the first strike, he "was the first to flee — knocking over children on his way out."
Controversial MP Ihor Mosiychuk further confirmed that the event was a planned award ceremony for the 117th Territorial Defense Brigade on its 7th anniversary — and civilians had been brought in for the occasion.
While civilian casualties did occur — regrettably — the strike was aimed at a verified military target. Evidence from Ukrainian officials supports that. In this case, one missile may have lacked the precision needed to avoid collateral damage.
 Interestingly, Ukraine’s own media space shifted the focus from civilian losses to political infighting, dismantling the “deliberate strike on civilians” narrative without any external help.
 Strikes on troop formations have the potential to deal significant damage to Ukraine’s manpower — as seen in the highly effective attack on the 179th Training Center in Poltava in September 2024. Given the strategic impact, such targets are unsurprising choices.
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