Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Russian statements regarding the capture of a village in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region. “As of this morning, the Russian flag in the village [of Ryzhivka] has been destroyed, and there are no occupiers present,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram on Monday. The alleged conquest of the village was a Russian […]
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Zelensky refutes Russian claims of village capture in Sumy region
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Russian statements regarding the capture of a village in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region. “As of this morning, the Russian flag in the village [of Ryzhivka] has been destroyed, and there are no occupiers present,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram on Monday. The alleged conquest of the village was a Russian […]
Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast kill 2, injure 8
Russian forces attacked 13 border communities in Sumy Oblast on Feb. 27, killing two people and injuring eight others, the regional military administration reported. Mortar shelling in Seredyna-Buda injured two residents, the administration said. Earlier in the day, Ukraine’s National Police reported that a strike on the village of Khotin killed two police officers and […]
Russia attacks 6 communities in Sumy Oblast
Russian forces attacked six communities near the Sumy Oblast border on Feb. 24, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported via Telegram. The attacks caused nearly 200 explosions throughout the day, which marked the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The communities of Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, Myropillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Khotin, and Nova Sloboda came under […]
Russia attacks 5 communities in Sumy Oblast
Russian forces launched 28 attacks on Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast on Feb. 23 targeting five communities, the regional administration reported. The Ukrianian military recorded at least 148 explosions in the area. The Russian military fired at the communities of Khotin, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, and Seredyna-Buda. Over the past 24 hours, Russia assailed the border […]
Russia doesn’t have forces for new offensive on Kyiv Oblast, Kharkiv, Sumy or Chernihiv – Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has said that Russia currently does not have sufficient forces to engage in combat across two strategic fronts at once. As Russia continues to amass its forces in Ukraine’s east, neither the cities of Kharkiv and Sumy, nor Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts are under the threat of an imminent attack. Source: Vadym […]
Russia shells 8 communities in Sumy Oblast
Russian forces launched 28 attacks on Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast on Feb. 10 targeting eight communities, the regional administration reported. The shelling caused at least 150 explosions in the area. The Russian military fired at the communities of Khotin, Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Esman, Shalyhyne, Seredyna-Buda, and Druzhbivka. Over the past 24 hours, Russia assailed […]
Russia attacks 11 communities in Sumy Oblast
Russian forces launched 41 attacks on Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast on Feb. 8 targeting 11 communities, the regional administration reported. The shelling caused at least 251 explosions in the area. The Russian military fired at the communities of Khotin, Yunakivka, Myropillia, Bilopillia, Vorozhba, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Krolevets, Esman, Shalyhyne, and Seredyna-Buda. Over the past 24 […]
Ukrainian troops stop Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group in Sumy Oblast
Soldiers of the Territorial Defence Forces engaged in protecting Operational Zone Pivnich (North) have prevented an attempt by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group (SRG) to cross the state border of Ukraine on the Sumy front, killing some of the Russian invaders. Source: Serhii Naiev, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of […]
Ukraine’s SBU unmasks Russian agent plotting against Defense Forces in Sumy
Ukraine’s SBU Security Service exposed an agent of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) who was scouting the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ positions in Sumy Oblast and preparing for the breakthrough by Russian sabotage-reconnaissance groups, SBU reported on Telegram channel on Jan. 31. The individual tried to pinpoint where the Ukrainian Armed Forces had positioned the most […]
Russian strike kills last resident of village in Sumy Oblast – photo
The Russian army has killed the last resident of the village of Stepok in Sumy Oblast. 60-year-old Oleksandr was at home when a projectile struck the room he was in. Source: the media outlet Suspilne, citing Ruslan, son of the deceased; Krasnopillia Village Council; the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Details: The village of Stepok […]
Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups most active in Sumy Oblast
Border guards have recorded the highest number of Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Sumy Oblast and the smallest number in Chernihiv Oblast. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Quote: “In addition to mounting attacks, the enemy is attempting to use sabotage and reconnaissance groups. The situation is almost […]