A dozen other people were injured, some seriously, in the attack in the city of Sumy, which has come under increased bombardment since Ukraine’s offensive into Russia’s nearby Kursk region.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched “counter-offensive actions” in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukrainian forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II.

Key developments on Sept. Russian attack on retirement home in Sumy kills at least 1, injures 14 Russia redeploys 40,000 troops to Kursk Oblast as Kyiv's incursion continues, Zelensky says European Parliament backs Ukrainian strikes inside Russia,

Moscow’s troops have retaken a few villages in a border area that Kyiv’s forces invaded last month and are also advancing steadily in eastern Ukraine.

Russian forces attacked a retirement home in the city of Sumy, killing one person and injuring at least 12 others, according to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. The facility housed 211 elderly residents,