Russia, Ukraine and Sumy
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It’s the first time in three years of war that Russian troops have entered the Dnipropetrovsk region, a sign of battlefield momentum.
Russia claimed Sunday that its forces are for the first time pushing into the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, an area it has been trying to reach for months, in a move that could create new problems for Kyiv’s much-stretched forces.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces have stopped Russian troops advancing in the northeastern Sumy region and are now battling along the border to regain control, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. In remarks released for publication by his office on Saturday,
The Ukrainian President says that Moscow has amassed about 53,000 troops in the direction of the northeastern region
Russia had announced plans to create a so-called “buffer zone” in Ukraine's Sumy and Kharkiv regions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A concentrated, nine-minute Russian drone attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv killed six people and injured 64 others, including nine children, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday (Jun 11).
Russian forces have advanced into Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions, in fresh bid for Ukrainian land beyond what Moscow's already annexed.
Ukraine has received the bodies of 1,212 soldiers killed in the war with Russia and are set to exchange “severely wounded” prisoners today, officials in Kyiv and Moscow said."As a result of the repatriation activities,