60 Sumy border settlements completely abandoned amid intensified Russian attacks and offensive threat
More than 400 people evacuated from Ukrainian border communities in a single week, with 26 children among those forced to leave their homes.
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“Everything is gone”: Russian drones destroy humanitarian warehouse in Zaporizhzhia, injuring three
Other Russian attacks killed one civilian and injured several others in Kherson and Donetsk oblasts, as Moscow continues targeting populated areas.
WSJ: Russia wants the West to believe it’s winning in Ukraine
Kremlin advances are meant to manipulate political will.
Injured teen dies week after Russian attack on Sumy
A 17-year-old boy, injured during the 3 June strike, has passed away in hospital, becoming the sixth to perish from the rocket strike, local officials say.
Russia’s V2U drone uses AI for autonomous strikes in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast
A Chinese minicomputer and American processor enable Russia's V2U drone to select targets autonomously using artificial intelligence, according to the Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate
Russia captures Sumy’s Kostiantynivka village as Russians try to widen frontline in region
ISW and DeepState report mounting pressure as Moscow’s troops seize new ground in Sumy Oblast.
Russia is trying to seize control of major city in northern Ukraine and shell it with artillery
Currently, nearly 50,000 Russian troops are being based on the borders of Ukraine's Sumy Oblast.
Russia tries to break through to northern Ukraine’s Sumy city amid ceasefire talks
This comes as Russia looks to be kicking off its summer offensive, with fresh assaults popping up in Sumy and Donetsk oblasts.
Second Russian bridgehead emerges in Sumy Oblast near Oleksandria village – Deep State
Russian forces seized territory near Oleksandria village in Sumy Oblast within 24 hours, creating a second pocket of occupied land along Ukraine's northern border, according to DeepState military analysts.
Russia kills six civilians in Ukraine as only half of drones are downed during nighttime attack
Russian drones and guided bombs struck homes and infrastructure in at least nine locations. Moscow's attacks killed at least six and injured over 30 civilians across Ukraine.
Russian motorcycle units storm Ukrainian border villages seeking Sumy buffer zone in new offensive
Russian assault teams abandon traditional heavy equipment for speed-based infiltration.
Following a record 355-drone attack, Russia launches 60 drones—Ukraine intercepts most
Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy oblasts face damage, with two civilians injured.
Russia occupies four empty border villages in Sumy Oblast
Evacuated zones now under Russian control, but defenses hold elsewhere, local authorities say.
Putin wants a buffer zone in Ukraine — Kyiv says put it in Russia
As Russia ramps up threats of new invasions, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says such a zone could just as well exist inside Russia, referencing Ukraine’s operations in Kursk Oblast.
Russia’s Sumy ambitions unlikely to succeed soon, says ISW
Despite Putin signaling a renewed land grab, the Russian military lacks the capacity to capture the city and its surrounding region.
Kherson woman killed, 26 injured in Russia’s air and artillery strikes
In several oblasts, including Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, and Sumy, Russians targeted civilian homes and infrastructure with drones, bombs, artillery, and missiles.
Russian drone blows up civilian shuttle bus, leaving nine dead in Sumy border town
Bilopillia’s mayor called the strike a targeted war crime, noting that the shuttle carried fleeing civilians, mostly women over 60.
Russia targets Ukraine with 110 drones ahead of Istanbul ceasefire talks, 91 neutralized
Strikes damaged homes, schools, shops, and cultural sites in five Oblasts. No casualties confirmed as emergency crews extinguished fires.
Ukraine downs every Shahed drone in unusually low-volume Russian attack
Explosive Russian drones were harmless, but other attacks Russian attacks in five oblasts caused at least ten civilian injuries and two deaths.
Russia resumes Shahed attacks after three-day pause
Most Shaheds have been neutralized, but other Russian attacks killed one and injured at least 15 more civilians across Ukraine.