Terrifying moment people hurl themselves to ground when Russian strike lands near Ukraine coffee shop - as four killed in overnight attack

By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:30, 12 July 2026 | Updated: 16:38, 12 July 2026 This is the terrifying moment Ukrainians were forced to hurl themselves to the ground as a Russian strike blew out the windows of a coffee shop.  CCTV footage from the Piccolino coffee shop in Sumy showed men, women and children leaping to safety as a thunderous explosion was heard.  People were seen enjoying their day, with many walking around outside and a few people sat on beanbags soaking up the sun.  But that peace came to a crashing halt with the dreadful noise of an incoming drone.  With just seconds to go before it landed nearby, one mother was seen grabbing her daughter and wrapping her body around her to protect the young child from harm.  A group of women sat in beanbags fell over themselves as they rushed to get away from the street.  Pieces of glass were seen flying everywhere, thrown up in the air by the force of the detonation.  As more explosions were heard, petrified Ukrainians were seen lying as flat as possible to avoid any potentially deadly debris from hitting them.  One mother was seen grabbing her daughter and wrapping her body around her to protect the young child from harm The city saw five people die and 30 get injured in overnight strikes Inside the coffee shop, a family enjoying drinks rushed to get away from the window that had shattered.  A petrified child was heard screaming in terror as the sounds of explosion rang out.  The city saw five people die and 30 get injured in overnight strikes, while the rest of the country saw another three people get killed.   One bomb hit a bus stop and pictures showed a yellow bus with one of its sides ripped off. Other pictures posted online showed damage to apartment building facades. In a border district of Sumy region, where the Kremlin wants to expand a buffer zone, a local official said a man was killed after stepping on an explosive device Glide bombs also injured 10 in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, the regional governor said. Two people were killed and another wounded earlier in the day by a missile strike on the southern port city of Odesa. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking in his nightly video address, said Ukraine needed its allies to ensure weapons supplies were provided more promptly. 'I am preparing changes in Ukraine's diplomatic efforts. We need a new level of cooperation with our partners to ensure that agreements on arms supplies are fulfilled,' Zelensky said. Emergency personnel work on the site of a Russian air attack in Sumy, Ukraine, Saturday, July 11, 2026 Firefighters work at a site of a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine in this handout picture released July 11, 2026 'Agreements reached by national leaders must be implemented much more quickly and completely.' This, he said, applied to an agreement reached with U.S. President Donald Trump this week to grant Ukraine a license to produce its own Patriot interceptor missiles. Ukraine is critically low on munitions for its Patriot air defense systems and has been largely unable to down ballistic missiles, which travel at several times the speed of sound, over the past month. It has pleaded with allies for greater supplies of those munitions and has also pushed Europe to work with Kyiv on its own anti-ballistic air defense system. Earlier on Saturday, a drone hit a civilian enterprise in the eastern city of Kharkiv, wounding seven. The head of Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk region in Ukraine's east, Denis Pushilin, said one person was killed when a drone hit his car and nine were injured when a bus came under a drone attack near the Sea of Azov.  Twelve people, meanwhile, had been wounded in the capital Kyiv during an overnight attack that used ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones. 'Civilian infrastructure was hit even before the air raid alert was issued,' Zelensky said earlier of the attacks on Kyiv. 'Our defenders managed to shoot down most of the targets, but not the ballistic ones.' Firefighters work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine in this handout picture released July 3, 2026 A rescuer works at a site of a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine in this handout picture released July 11, 2026 Russia launched six ballistic missiles, another six cruise missiles and 121 drones in the overnight attacks including against Kyiv, Ukraine's air force said on Saturday morning, before the strikes on Odesa, Kharkiv and Sumy took place. It said it downed at least two cruise missiles and 111 drones. Russia has stepped up attacks on the capital in recent weeks. So far this month, strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region have killed more than 60 people. Kyiv, in turn, has been pressuring Russia's military logistics in occupied southern Ukraine, seeking to deprive Russian forces of fuel and munitions by conducting strikes on trucks and vessels deep behind the front lines. Ukraine's drone forces chief Robert Brovdi said his units had struck 21 fuel tanker vessels in the Sea of Azov overnight, as well as seven other cargo and support ships, bringing the total number of vessels struck this week to 76. Zelensky has said the aim of the drone campaign is to bring Russia to the negotiating table, although Russia's Vladimir Putin has not yet shown any willingness to soften his position. One person was killed in a drone attack on four vessels, including a tanker carrying methanol, in Taganrog Bay on the Sea of Azov, Russian authorities said on Saturday.