Given a feared new great offensive in Russian troops in the Sumy region near the border, the local authorities have ordered the evacuation of eleven villages. According to his own information, Russia has taken various cities in the northeastern region in recent weeks.
The decision takes into account “the constant danger of the life of the civilian population as a result of bombing the border communities,” said Sumy’s administration on Saturday. The Ukrainian President Wolodyymyr Senskyj reported on Wednesday that Russia had moved more than 50,000 soldiers to the region and had warned for a great offensive. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian border protection also said on Thursday that Russia was ready to “try to attack Sumy”.
Russia is increasingly attacking the Sumy Border region since the Ukrainian army had been driven out of the adjacent Russian region of Kursk in recent months. According to their own information, Russian troops have already taken several cities in Sumy during the week. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that the village of Wodolagy has announced in the Sumy region.
Is “buffer zone” already prepared?
On the Ukrainian side it is assumed that it is already working on the “buffer zone” along the border announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian air strikes were also continued during the weekend. In the Saporischschja region, “Russian armed forces had attacked a residential area with steering bombs,” in which a girl was killed and a 16-year-old boy was injured, said the head of the regional military government, Iwan Fedorow, in the online service telegram.
In an attack on the city of Cherson, “a 66-year-old man suffered fatal injuries due to Russian shelling,” said the Governor of the Cherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, on Telegram. A wounded person was reported from the city of Kharkiw after a Russian drone attack. In the meantime, according to the governor, ten people were violated by Ukrainian drone attacks in the Russian region of Kursk.
More intensive diplomatic efforts
The diplomatic efforts to end the war had been strengthened in recent weeks. However, the first direct encounter between representatives of Russia and Ukraine for three years in mid -May in Istanbul has not made any progress in the direction of a ceasefires -the fire. Only a prisoner exchange was agreed that has already taken place.
Source: Krone
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