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SUMY, UKRAINE (DEC. 14, 2025) (STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE - RESTRICTED)

1. SMOKE AND FLAMES RISING AS FIREFIGHTERS TRY TO EXTINGUISH BLAZE

2. VARIOUS OF UKRAINIAN CREWS TRYING TO EXTINGUISH BLAZE AFTER RUSSIAN ATTACK SUMY, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 14: Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the northern city of Sumy, causing fires in several buildings but resulting in no casualties, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on Sunday, Dec. 14.

Emergency crews extinguished the fires triggered by the strike and conducted damage assessment at the site, the agency added.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.