Tons of grain burned: “Shakheds” targeted granaries in Sumy region

Russia continues its terror tactics. This time, the granaries of several enterprises in Sumy region were targeted by the Russians.

On the night of October 4, Russian “Shakhed” strike drones attacked the Chernechchyn community in Okhtyr region. As a result of the strikes, grain warehouses, agricultural machinery, and production facilities of three farms were destroyed and damaged. Local entrepreneurs say that the losses amount to several million hryvnias.

“Shaheeds” attacked grain storage facilities in Sumy region: what entrepreneurs say

“Not just one warehouse. All the warehouses were broken. There was a combine, it was smashed. The glass was broken, the tractor was completely smashed, without windows, without doors. The second tractor also has no windows. The grain was damaged. The KZS was smashed. They built it for two years, smashed it. They founded and made a “puppet”, and now they bombed it,” said entrepreneur Vyacheslav Sopitko.

At a neighboring enterprise, the roof was destroyed on an area of ​​over 300 m2, says its head Serhiy Kolesnyk.

“We can say that there is no warehouse. The roof was completely blown away. Grain was stored. 700 tons. One car burned to the ground, one was badly damaged. At 4:30, the “shaheeds” began to arrive, the sound was the first explosions. The neighbors called that something had flown over our enterprise. We arrived 10 minutes later and saw everything. Let’s hope that at least partially, at least something will be compensated. It’s worth millions,” says the head of the enterprise, Serhiy Kolesnyk.

On the morning of October 4, the Russian military sent two drones to each of his and his neighbors’ grain warehouses, adds the head of another enterprise, Viktor Lebedyuk. He says that property was damaged, but there were no people at the enterprise at that time.

“1,000 tons of grain, sunflower and soybeans, and wheat. plus a JCB telescopic loader and a Deutz-Fahr tractor,” says Viktor Lebedyuk.

The estimated losses of this enterprise are UAH 20 million.

As a result of the attack, a fire broke out at the site. In general, agricultural buildings and equipment of three farms were damaged, says Roman Bublyk, the head of the Chernechyn community.

On the night of October 3, the Russian army hit a farm in the Novovodolazka community with “Shakheds”. As a result of the strike, about 13 thousand pigs died – 90% of the total number of animals at the farm.

“8 buildings for keeping pigs burned on a total area of ​​13.6 thousand sq. m. An employee of the enterprise was injured. 32 rescuers and 9 units of State Emergency Service equipment, including pyrotechnicians and a community rescue officer, were involved in eliminating the consequences of the shelling,” the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported.

The massive attack took place in two waves with a break of one and a half to two hours. In total, about 20 “Shakheds” were hit on the farm. There could have been more, but many were shot down by air defense forces.

A security guard at the enterprise was injured in the Russian attack.