Ukrainian forces were gradually pushing Russian forces out of the border Sumy region, where Moscow was able to establish a foothold in recent weeks, president Volodymyr Zelensky said.“Our units in Sumy region are gradually pushing back the occupiers,

Russian forces carried out almost 70 shelling attacks on 21 settlements in Sumy region over the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

Against the background of a sharp escalation of tension and a shift in the focus of world attention to Israeli strikes on Iran, the same dynamics remains in the SMO zone. Positive news is coming from all directions,

Acclaimed Ukrainian opera singer Vladislav Horay has been killed while on a volunteer mission to the Sumy region, where a frontline battle for territory continues.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 9 June that the most intense fighting is taking place on the Pokrovsk front, in Sumy Oblast and in Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast. Source: Zelenskyyʼs evening address Quote from Zelenskyy: "The fiercest and most intense fighting continues on the Pokrovsk front,

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Additional forces and resources will be deployed in the Sumy region to build fortifications amid intensified Russian attacks, according to Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration.

The Russian advance also means the city is now within range of their artillery. On June 3, four people were killed and nearly 30 were injured when a Russian short-range battlefield rocket landed in the centre of Sumy.