Ukrainian forces have efficiently liberated the village of Kindrativka in Sumy Oblast, repelling ongoing Russian advances within the area, in line with a spokesperson from Ukraine’s Kursk army group, talking to Suspilne on July 27.
The unbiased monitoring group DeepState had earlier reported the liberation on July 25, marking Kindrativka because the second village retaken by Ukraine in Sumy Oblast since Russia launched a renewed offensive in early June.
According to DeepState, Ukrainian defenders inflicted important casualties on Russia’s fortieth, one hundred and fiftieth, and thirtieth battalions, together with the reported killing of the thirtieth Battalion’s commander.
The liberation of Andriivka, simply 5 kilometers from Russia’s Kursk Oblast, occurred on July 22, signaling rising Ukrainian resistance within the northeast.
Sumy Oblast, positioned alongside Ukraine’s northeastern border, has remained a vital goal all through Russia’s full-scale invasion. Its proximity to the Russian border has made it susceptible to every day drone strikes, shelling, and floor assaults.
The newest offensive adopted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s May announcement of plans to determine a so-called “safety buffer zone” alongside the border—a transfer Ukraine has firmly resisted with intensified counter-offensives.
Ukrainian forces proceed to carry nearly all of territory in Sumy Oblast, regardless of near-daily assaults from throughout the border.
