Kordon.Media war correspondent helps give first aid to the wounded after a Sumy strike

(Warning! The article contains a photo with sensitive content.) Pavlo Zarva, war correspondent with the regional media outlet Kordon.Media, provided assistance to the wounded in the Russian strike on Sumy on June 3, Kordon.Media co-founder Alyona Yatsyna tells the Institute of Mass Information representative Valentyna Troyan.

Yatsyna says that Pavlo was at home at the time of the strike. A missile hit near his house, so he ran to the site of the shelling.

Pavlo Zarva. Photo shared with the IMI by Alyona Yatsyna

“He provided first aid. Saved one man’s arm with a tourniquet, then helped pull another man out of a car and bandage his head, the man was seriously injured,” said Alyona.

She added that Pavlo Zarva put occlusive dressing on the back of another wounded man: his lung was punctured.

“They saw it after turning the man over (lying on his back, where the hole was, was what saved him from pneumothorax before first aid was provided),” said Alyona Yatsyna.

President Volodymyr Zelensky reported in a Facebook post that the Russian shelling strike on Sumy killed three people.

The Sumy Oblast Military Administration chair Oleh Hryhorov reported on Facebook that 20 people were wounded, including a teenager aged 17. Hryhorov said the Russian troops targeted Sumy with five rounds fired from long-range multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) at around 9:00 AM on June 3.

The strikes damaged a healthcare facility, cars, and residential buildings. An emergency response headquarters has been established to handle the aftermath of the strike.