A Russian drone struck the stable of a children's equestrian school in Sumy after midnight on 17 June, killing three horses. The strike was part of Russian attacks over the past day that left at least four people dead and more than 30 injured across Ukraine.

Air defense downed most of the drones launched overnight — 97 of 119. The ones that got through hit homes, an elevator, gas stations, and the riding school, where children train every day.

Sumy: a riding school, then a wider night

The drone that hit the school was a Geran-2, the Russian-made version of the Iranian Shahed. It damaged the stable and started a fire that crews later contained, Sumy Oblast governor Oleh Hryhorov said on Telegram. No staff were hurt.

Hryhorov said the Russians "deliberately struck a civilian object where children train every day." Acting mayor Artem Kobzar confirmed three horses were killed.

Elsewhere in the oblast, a drone strike on the Bilopillia hromada injured three people — two men, aged 59 and 47, and a 62-year-old woman, regional police reported. Strikes damaged homes, vehicles, and infrastructure in several other hromadas.

In Trostianets, a mass overnight strike destroyed gas stations and damaged many homes. Mayor Yurii Bova reported no civilian casualties.

Kharkiv: 11 injured across 10 settlements

Kharkiv and nine other settlements came under fire over the past day, injuring 11 people, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

Among the injured was a 60-year-old man hurt near Petrivka when a car set off an explosive device. Russian forces used a missile, a guided aerial bomb, and dozens of drones, damaging an elevator, a warehouse, a school, and homes across the oblast.

Zaporizhzhia: one killed, 931 strikes in a day

One person was killed and 14 injured in Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding district on 16 June, regional head Ivan Fedorov said. Nine residential buildings were among the damage in two city districts.

Over the day, the occupiers carried out 931 strikes on 50 settlements," Fedorov wrote, citing 72 reports of damage to housing, cars, and infrastructure.

Sloviansk: three killed in glide-bomb strikes

Russian forces struck Sloviansk several times on 16 June, killing three people and wounding five, the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office reported. An 81-year-old woman died in her home in a strike that used a FAB-250 bomb fitted with a UMPK glide kit, which left her husband concussed.

A second strike hours later fatally wounded two residents, aged 36 and 37, and injured four more civilians. At least 117 private homes were damaged.

Dnipropetrovsk and the air picture

Drones hit the Nikopol district overnight, damaging infrastructure with no casualties, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. Air defense downed 22 drones across the oblast.

Ukraine's air defense forces have shot down or neutralized 97 Russian UAVs of the Shahed, ”Gerbera,“ ”Italmas," and other types in the north, south, and east of the country. Twenty attack UAVs were recorded striking 11 locations, and debris from downed UAVs was found at 6 locations. The attack came from Russian regions including Bryansk and Kursk and from occupied Crimea, and was still under way at 08:00.