US EditionRussian Advances Toward Sumy Continue – WSJ
- After Ukrainian units withdrew from Russia's Kursk region in late April, Russian forces advanced and assembled around 50,000 troops near Sumy.
- This buildup followed months of intense fighting as Ukrainian commanders scrambled to plug gaps and deployed elite units, such as the Timur Special Forces, to stabilize the front.
- Russian forces, outnumbering Ukrainians roughly three to one, pressed attacks involving infantry, drones, artillery, and cluster munitions, while defenders endured relentless combat and dynamic trench warfare.
- Mark, a 25-year-old Ukrainian platoon commander, described the engagement as the harshest he had experienced, mentioning that his unit eliminated five Russian soldiers and only had brief pauses, never exceeding five minutes.
- Although fighting remains intense with daily losses, Ukrainian defense has largely stalled Russian gains near Sumy, reflecting a stalemate in the summer offensive without a decisive breakthrough.
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After almost all the Ukrainian forces from the Russian Kursk region of the beginning of this year, the Russian forces have now crossed the border in the opposite direction, towards Sumí. Russian forces are located in just 12 miles of this regional capital in northern Ukraine, a new fortress for Moscow, while Kremlin enjoys its digital advantage in many places along the front, comments The Wall Street Journal.
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