War in Ukraine: Russia has started an offensive in the Suma region

11. Apr 2025 at 19:07

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Kiev, BRATISLAVA. Two months ago, the Ukrainian army checked the Russian city of Sudža, about ten kilometers from the border.

However, Ukrainian invasion into the Kursk region, in which the army controlled 28 municipalities for seven months, ended a month ago with a retreat back abroad.

Now the Russian army is starting to get over to the Ukrainian side, in the Suma region.

« The offensive has already begun. For several days, almost a week, we have witnessed a nearly double increase in the number of enemy attacks on all major directions, » he said on Wednesday For the web lb.ua Commander of the Ukrainian army Oleksandr Syrskyj.

Some experts point out that the Russians could create a buffer zone in the area, while others are even worried about a wider summer offensive that could also target the once 260,000 city of sums.

Military maneuvers, which are prepared by Russians with Belarusians at the Eastern Wing of the States, may also be a risk that after four years NATO.

Are waiting for more escalation

The new Russian offensive in the summary and chark region was spoken by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Želenskyj Already in late March.

« Putin is trying to buy time and prepare for a spring offensive. We see preparations for the future operation. He wanted to start it eight months ago, but we thwarted it thanks to our invasion to Kursk, » he said in an interview For Le Figaro Greeding.

So -called. The gray zone in which it is not clear who controls the area is expanding among the Ukrainian villages of Basivka and Žuravka in the Treaty region, Ruslan Mikula told the public service website on Tuesday, DEEPSTATE MAP project chiefthat follows the movement of troops.

« The enemy is trying to break through the border and gain support along the entire length of the state border, from the Sudža chewing point. There are currently fighting and the enemy is affected by fire every day, » says Mikula.