Ukraine’s top general says Russia stepping up effort to attack Sumy region
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A medical worker evacuating a wounded woman from an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike, in Sumy, Ukraine, on March 24.
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KYIV - Russian forces are stepping up attacks along Ukraine's northeastern border in a bid to break into the Sumy region, Kyiv's top general said on March 27.
Sumy borders Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have been all but pushed out of Russian territory they captured in a cross-border offensive in August 2024.
General Oleksandr Syrskyi - while visiting units in the Sumy region - said his troops were conducting defensive and assault operations to retain a buffer zone inside Kursk.
"Our soldiers continue to conduct a defensive operation to prevent the enemy from breaking deep into Ukrainian territory," he added on Facebook.
Gen Syrskyi's comments followed a fresh warning by President Volodymyr Zelensky, published in Le Figaro late on March 26, that Russia was preparing a spring offensive against the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
A spokesman for Ukraine's border guard told Ukrainian media on March 25 that Russian sabotage groups had stepped up cross-border raids into the Sumy region.
Mr Zelensky was in Paris on March 27 to discuss with Kyiv's allies how they could play a role if a peace deal is struck with Russia. REUTERS
