Ukraine claims win in Russia’s slow battle for Sumy
Ukraine resist Russian advance in prolonged battle for region
- Ukrainian forces have successfully halted Russia’s recent advance into the northern Sumy region, stabilizing the front line near the border.
- Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s top military commander, stated this success prevented Russia from deploying approximately 50,000 troops to other critical areas, a claim not independently verified.
- Across the broader 1,000-kilometre front line, Russian forces continue to make slow, incremental gains in certain sectors, but these advances have come at a significant cost in terms of troop casualties and armoured vehicles.
- The outnumbered Ukrainian army has increasingly relied on drone technology to counter Russian pressure, while both sides continue to launch long-range strikes.
- The Russian Defense Ministry claimed its forces captured two villages, Novoserhiivka and Shevchenko, in the eastern Donetsk region, as part of an offensive to break into Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.