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Ukranian forces 'halt' Russian troop advance in Sumy region
Gulf Today
|June 15, 2025
Ukranian forces 'halt' Russian troop advance in Sumy region
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Ukrainian forces have stopped Russian troops advancing in the northeastern Sumy region and are now battling to regain control along the border with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
In remarks released for publication by his office on Saturday, Zelensky said that Moscow has amassed about 53,000 troops in the direction of Sumy.
"We are leveling the position. The fighting there is along the border. You should understand that the enemy has been stopped there. And the maximum depth at which the fighting takes place is 7 km from the border," Zelensky said.
Reuters could not verify the battlefield reports.
Russia's troops have been focusing their assaults in the eastern Donetsk region. But since the start of the month, they have intensified their attacks in the northeast, announcing plans to create a so-called "buffer zone" in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
The Russian war in Ukraine is in its fourth year, but it has intensified in recent weeks.
This story is from the June 15, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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