Amid artillery shelling on Friday in Sumy, a fire broke out in a warehouse building with paint and varnish products, the fire covered more than 6,000 square meters of territory, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

"On March 18, around 16:00, during the shelling, a one-story warehouse building with paint and varnish products on an area of more than 6,000 square meters caught fire. There were no preliminary victims or injured. 20 people and 4 pieces of equipment were involved from the State Emergency Service," the service said in its Telegram channel.