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Ukraine’s top commander says Russian offensive in Sumy region has stalled
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The advance of Russian forces in the border areas of Ukraine’s Sumy region has been stopped, according to Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.
“Based on the results of May and June, we can say that the wave of attempts at a ‘summer offensive’ launched by the enemy from Russian territory is fizzling out — just like last year’s attempted offensive in the Kharkiv region,” Syrskyi said on Thursday.
According to the commander, the front line has stabilized, and in some areas, Ukrainian troops are reclaiming territory previously captured by Russian forces. He also stated that Ukrainian operations in the Kursk region’s Glushkovsky district forced Moscow to redeploy some of its troops to defend its own territory, which has “significantly reduced” the offensive capabilities of its main force in the Sumy direction.
At the same time, on June 26, geolocated footage appeared showing new Russian attacks about one kilometer (less than a mile) south of the previously known front line, near the village of Oleksiivka in the Sumy region.
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Ukraine’s Sumy region borders Russia’s Kursk region, parts of which have been under Ukrainian control for more than six months.
Russian forces began an intensive offensive in the border areas of Sumy region in late May. Moscow publicly justified the operation as an effort to create a “deep buffer zone” along the border to protect Russian territory.
On June 20, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had “no objective to take Sumy,” though he added that “in principle, it’s not out of the question.” The city of Sumy, the regional center, lies about 35 kilometers (about 22 miles) from the Russian border.
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