Russian Missile Strike Hits Harvest Machinery in Sumy Region, Injuring 12 Workers

In Sumy region, the Russian army launched a rocket strike on combines during harvest, resulting in significant damage to equipment and injuries among workers. According to the regional prosecutor’s office, 12 people were injured as a result of the attack. Journalists from regional media went to the scene to document the extent of the damage and collect eyewitness accounts.

Around 11:00 p.m. on September 14, two missiles hit the combines and the people who were inside the equipment in the Boromlyanska community. After the strike, evacuation of the injured to hospitals began, and the owner of the agro-enterprise documented the scale of the destruction.

According to the security guard of the enterprise, the first munition exploded over the neighboring field, where a line of vehicles was parked, and then the second strike arrived. He noted that all the equipment in the parking area was damaged, and that similar incidents had occurred at other enterprises previously.

“The first cassette landed in the area where the line of vehicles stood, and then the second came here. – And was there much damage to the equipment? – All of it. All of it that is on the parking lot. Here, Hadiach, and Kukhra, and Dnipro were affected. From four enterprises, probably. There was a drone flying yesterday too. Today it’s flying again, probably; now they’re watching to tell their own people what heroes they are”

Impact on Equipment and Official Data

Overall, serious damage to equipment was recorded: 18 combines damaged, as well as 11 tractors with loaders and three with rollers. Also, vehicles transporting grain from the gathering site were damaged by the strike.

According to experts, the main damage concerns hydraulics: ruptured hydraulic hoses, broken glass and wheels. One repair estimate per wheel is about 100–105 thousand hryvnias.

12 people were taken to hospitals in Okhtyrka and Trostianets. Some of the injured were sent to medical facilities in the western regions of the country for further treatment and rehabilitation.

Law enforcement and the prosecutor’s office have begun investigating the circumstances of the strike and are identifying potential culprits to determine all details of the incident.

“Primarily, the injuries were to the drivers who were inside the vehicles”