Rescuers desperately pull survivors from rubble as homes destroyed in Sumy

MOMENT Rescuers desperately pull survivors from rubble as homes destroyed in Sumy after a huge Russian blast.

Five civilians, including two children, were pulled from the rubble after two houses were destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Lebedyn, near Sumy, on March 9, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

The SES said residential streets on Lebedyn’s Shevchenko Street were hit at around 1:40 am. Two residential buildings were destroyed, they said.

The incident comes as an evacuation from the city of Sumy takes place as thousands of civilians flee to safety. On March 8, it was reported that 21 people had been killed by Russian bombing in Sumy.