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Ukrainian forces are gradually driving Russian troops back from parts of Sumy Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 12, amid escalating cross-border assaults in the region. <\/p>\n

“Today, there was a report from Commander-in-Chief (Oleksandr) Syrskyi \u2014 the front and, above all, the Pokrovsk direction, the Kursk operation, the border area of Sumy Oblast<\/a>,” Zelensky said<\/a> in a video address. <\/p>\n

“Our units in Sumy Oblast are gradually pushing back the occupiers. Thank you to each of our soldiers, sergeants, and officers for this result.”<\/p>\n

The statement follows weeks of intensified Russian offensives<\/a> along the northeastern border. Russian troops have advanced into Sumy Oblast since Ukraine’s withdrawal from most of its positions in Russia’s Kursk Oblast<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n

Since March, Russia has reportedly<\/a> taken control of about 200 square kilometers (80 square miles) in northern Sumy Oblast, including roughly a dozen small villages. As of May 31, mandatory evacuations<\/a> were ordered for 213 settlements.<\/p>\n

In May, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to create a so-called “security buffer zone<\/a>” along the border with Ukraine, while Zelensky said on May 28 that Moscow had massed 50,000 troops<\/a> near Sumy.<\/p>\n

In a separate interview with Bild on June 12, Zelensky dismissed<\/a> Moscow’s claims of significant territorial gains as “a Russian narrative” aimed at shaping global perceptions. He stressed that Ukrainian forces<\/a> have managed to hold off a renewed offensive for nearly three weeks.<\/p>\n

Sumy Oblast, which shares a long border with Russia<\/a>, has been under near-constant attack since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. <\/p>\n

On June 3, Russian strikes<\/a> on the city of Sumy killed six people and injured 28 others, including children.<\/p>\n

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Russian losses in Ukraine hit a massive, and grim milestone on June 12 \u2014 1 million Russian soldiers killed or wounded during the 39-month-long full-scale war, according to figures from Kyiv. Although hugely symbolic, the number is unlikely to prompt a change in tactics from Moscow as it gears up for<\/div>\n
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