President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that after advancing only 200 meters in the Sumy region over the past week, Russian troops were pushed back by 200 to 400 meters by Ukrainian forces.
On Friday, President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff, during which the situation on the front lines, including developments in the Sumy region, was discussed.
Active combat operations are ongoing in specific areas along the border in Sumy region, particularly near the settlements of Khotin and Yunakivka communities.
Rescuers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine are evacuating people from the Bilopilia and Khotyn communities in Sumy region, which are shelled by Russian troops on a daily basis.
In Bilopillia community of Ukraine’s Sumy region, Russian forces launched multiple follow-up strikes on a house where Ukrainian State Emergency Service (SES) firefighters had just extinguished a fire.
In the Sumy region, Russians fired cluster munitions at a private household, killing a woman who was tending to her garden, and injuring another woman in the hospital.
Russian forces launched guided aerial bomb (GAB) strikes at the border village of Velyka Pysarivka in Sumy region, killing a woman and injuring a local man.