ref |publisher=ISW |date=2023-04-28 |quote=Geolocated footage shows large-scale damage to a residential building in Uman, with the death toll reaching 20 civilians, including children, as of 1700 local time on April 28.
Until 18 July 2020, Uman was designated as a [[City of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]] and did not belong to Uman Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four, the city was merged into Uman Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |date=17 July 2020 |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=uk}}</ref>
During the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Uman was hit by Russian artillery on 24 February 24, 2022 which led to the death of a cyclist. The incident was caught on camera.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine Casualties in the Hundreds As Civilians Bear Brunt of Russia's Attack |date=24 February 2022 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-putin-kyiv-attack-1682154 |publisher=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> Another Russian missile strike on 28 April 28, 2023 hit a residential building in the city, killing at least 21 people including 3 children and injuring dozens more.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 April 2023 |title=Death toll in Uman rises to 14 including 2 children |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/28/7399800/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |publisher=Ukrainska Pravda}}</ref><ref name=ISW_2023-04-28>{{cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-28-2023 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 28, 2023 |publisher=[[Institute for the Study of War|ISW]] |date=2023-04-28|access-date=2023-04-29 |website=understandingwar.org |author=Karolina Hird |author2=Riley Bailey |author3=Grace Mappes |author4=George Barros |author5=Layne Philipson |author6=Frederick W. Kagan |quote=Geolocated footage shows large-scale damage to a residential building in Uman, with the death toll reaching 20 civilians, including children, as of 1700 local time on April 28.}}</ref> The airstrike was quickly followed by a Telegram post by the [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Russian Ministry of Defense]] of an image of a missile launch with the caption "right on target".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-missile-attack-54c9ceec1418a0780aa0cee1427a540d|title=Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills 23 people|first1=Andrea|last1=Rosa|first2=Hanna|last2=Arhirova|first3=David|last3=Rising|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=28 April 2023}}</ref>
