KIEV, March 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 65 people, including 14 children, were injured on Monday in a missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy, the Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office said.

Preliminary data indicated that a Russia-launched missile struck a residential area of the city at around 2 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), damaging several apartment buildings and an educational institution, the Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

Sumy's acting mayor Artem Kobzar wrote on Telegram that the strike also targeted an industrial enterprise.

Rescue operations in the city were ongoing, according to the National Police. Enditem

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