**News for 16 October from Suspilne Sumy 

This morning, a Russian drone carrying shrapnel [struck](https://suspilne.media/sumy/1428917-rosijskij-bpla-vluciv-u-torgovo-rozvazalnij-centr-u-sumah/) a shopping and entertainment center in the city center of Sumy; three women were wounded.

From the morning of October 15 to the morning of October 16, the Russian army [struck](https://suspilne.media/amp/sumy/1428843-za-dobu-rosijska-armia-bila-po-38-naselenih-punktah-sumsini-so-vidomo-pro-poranenih-ta-rujnuvanna/) 38 settlements in the Sumy region; six people were injured.

[Joined](https://suspilne.media/sumy/1429005-vstupiv-do-dsv-sob-zahistiti-ridni-sumi-istoria-operatora-fpv-droniv-80-i-brigadi-na-pozivnij-vidar/) the Air Assault Forces to defend his native Sumy: the story of an FPV drone operator from the 80th Brigade.

Pope Leo XIV held a telephone [conversation](https://suspilne.media/1429677-papa-rimskij-pogovoriv-z-putinim-pro-oleski/) with Kremlin leader Putin and emphasized the need for a truce in Oleshky, in the Kherson region. He expressed concern. regarding the humanitarian situation in the city.

Ukraine expects the [delivery](https://suspilne.media/1429639-zelenskij-ocikue-postavki-gripen-vid-svecii-najblizcim-casom/) of Gripen fighter jets in the near future, Zelensky stated following talks with Swedish Prime Minister Kristersson on the sidelines of the EU leaders' summit.

**Read more news on the **[Suspilne website](https://suspilne.media/sumy/)**.**