Russia struck the region 82 times and targeted the Sumy community with drones wounding eight people, according to the administration. No information was provided on the extent of the victims' injuries. The communities of Mykolaiv, Khotin, Yunakivka, Myropillia, Bilopillia, Richkivka, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Nova Sloboda, Hlukhiv, Shalyhyne, Esman, and Seredyna-Buda also came under attack. Throughout the day, Russia assailed the border communities with mortar, artillery, rocket launchers, guided bombs, and drones. Sumy Oblast borders Russia's Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod oblasts. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine's Kursk Oblast incursion has helped prevent the occupation of Sumy Oblast and its regional center, the city of Sumy.Russian losses in Ukraine mount in September, 2nd-deadliest month since start of full-scale invasionSeptember was the second-deadliest month for Russian forces fighting in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, according to figures released by Kyiv.