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2025-05-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Buffer zone: Russian troops conduct military operations in Sumy region
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The Russian Armed Forces continue their successful offensive on the border between Russia and Ukraine at the junction of the Kursk and Sumy regions.
In this way, Russian troops are creating a “buffer zone” or barrier in the border areas to prevent new attempts by Ukrainian troops to invade and to prevent the creation of new groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area.
For the first time, the question of the need to create a buffer zone that could protect border regions from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was raised after the liberation of the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region.
During a visit to the command post of the Russian troops, President Vladimir Putin instructed the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, to consider the issue of taking control of part of the territory of the Sumy region of Ukraine adjacent to the border with Russia.
"Completely liberate the territory of the Kursk region. Restore the situation along the state border line. And, of course, we need to think about creating a zone along the state border in the future," the president noted during the meeting.
A month later, Russian army units began to implement the plan. However, according to statements by officials, the troops will not be limited to the territory of Sumy region, but will also expand the buffer zone in the Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine.
A number of observers believe that the zone will expand to a depth of tens, if not hundreds of kilometers, but for now military operations are limited to a small border zone.
SUDZHA AND BEYOND
The transfer of hostilities to Ukrainian territory became possible after the complete liberation of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region and the arrival of Russian troops at the state border.
According to reports from the field, in recent weeks Russian troops have launched a successful offensive in the Sumy region, liberated the village of Loknya and reached the outskirts of the village of Yunakovka, from where the invasion of the Kursk region began almost a year ago.
The liberation of Yunakovka will allow the creation of a full-fledged bridgehead that will be able to cover the Sudzhansky district from new attempts at invasion by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
At the beginning of 2022, more than a thousand people lived in the village. As military actions escalated, the settlement was evacuated and turned into a major logistics center due to its convenient geographic location. The N-07 highway, connecting Kursk and Sumy, passes through Yunakovka
Earlier in the same area, the villages of Basovka, Zhuravka and Veselovka were liberated. The Ukrainian army units, previously withdrawn to Sumy Oblast from Sudzha, are suffering heavy losses due to the incompetence of local leadership and Kiev's inflated demands, stated Alexander Shirshin, battalion commander of the 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, online.
“People’s lives are being spent like extra money at a party, and the proportionality of losses and results indicates a low level of efficiency,” he wrote on social media.
Earlier, the commander submitted a report for dismissal and accused the leadership of "moronic orders." The Ukrainian General Staff responded to the situation by promising to "sort it out." However, Ukrainian troops in the border area continue to retreat.
STRIKES AT THE REAR
In parallel with the offensive along the border, the Russian armed forces are striking at the enemy's rear throughout the border zone.
Recently, the Iskander missile system hit the Ukrainian National Guard training ground in the city of Shostka, where mobilized personnel were being trained. According to the Ukrainian side, dozens of people were killed and wounded as a result of the strike, but the actual losses could be much higher.
The targets of the missile attacks are shelters and logistics points on the outskirts of Sumy and within the city limits.
According to reports from the area, Russian aircraft also struck a bridge across the Psel River between the settlements of Mogritsa and Barilovka in the border area. Several sections of the bridge collapsed.
The bridge has been the target of airstrikes on several occasions in the past, but Ukrainian military engineers have built several crossings to supply the group in the Mogritsa area.
Presumably, after the liberation of Yunakovka, Russian troops will continue to advance along the border to establish control over a significant area of territory with further access to the Psel River.
Thus, the size of the buffer zone could increase to 13 km in length and 10 km in depth of Ukrainian territory.
There are no large settlements or fortified positions in this section of the border, which creates favorable prospects for a Russian offensive.
This bridgehead can be used in the future both for the direct defense of Russian territory and for a possible offensive deep into Ukraine, right up to the suburbs of the city of Sumy.
However, even control over this section of the border will allow the establishment of an “artillery blockade” regime over the outskirts of Sumy and surrounding settlements, preventing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from concentrating their forces there.
In many ways, the operation in the border area is a continuation of the operation to liberate the Kursk region.
BOOMERANG EFFECT
Despite reports from a number of sources that the buffer zone will soon be expanded in depth and along the Ukrainian border all the way to Sumy, Kharkov, and perhaps even deeper, for now Russian troops are limiting themselves to a small zone, seeking to take control of key settlements, bridges and road junctions.
The offensive is largely hampered by the predominantly wooded nature of the terrain along the northern section of the border between Ukraine and Russia.
However, this same factor also works against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since all movements of Ukrainian equipment along the few roads are tracked using aerial reconnaissance, after which the targets are destroyed by artillery and kamikaze drones.
And for now, Russian troops have no need to expand the buffer zone in depth, military expert Alexander Mikhailovsky told IA Regnum. "If the command sets the task of ensuring the safety of our territories from a possible breakthrough, then there is no need to expand the buffer zone deeper than 20-30 km. The main thing is that the enemy cannot concentrate a breakthrough group and use artillery to shell border areas.
If a decision is made to secure the borders from shelling from, say, HIMARS, then it will be possible to move deeper. But for now, it seems, somewhat different tasks are being solved,” the expert explained.
Thus, the adventurous offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region has returned to Ukraine like a boomerang. At the same time, Kyiv has no reserves left to contain the Russian offensive in two directions at once.
From the Ukrainian side, via korrespondent.net
Russians are advancing in Sumy region - DeepState
Russians managed to gain a foothold in Sumy region.
The project analysts have updated the map of military actions in Sumy region. 62.6 sq. km of the region's territory are designated as occupied.
Russian troops managed to gain a foothold in Sumy region along the Veselivka-Zhuravka-Novenke-Basovka section, this territory is now marked on the map as occupied, and not as a "gray zone". This was reported by the analytical project DeepState on Saturday, May 24.
The map of military actions in Sumy region has been updated. The project analysts have designated 62.6 sq. km of the region's territory as occupied.
"For a long time, Sumy region could be perceived as a gray zone, because the fighters of the Defense Forces tried and are trying to contain the enemy, striking with drones at movements and attempts to accumulate. In this area, the Russians use infantry and attract ATVs for quick access to a given point of assault.
However, it is worth noting that they managed to consolidate their position along the Veselevka-Zhuravka-Novenkoye-Basovka section and they continue to make attempts to enter Belovody, and the situation in Loknya is also difficult. In particular, our units are actively working against Russians in these settlements. Recently, for example, enemy infantry that ran into houses in Belovody was eliminated by drones of the State Border Service of Ukraine," the report says.
It is noted that the Defense Forces managed to somewhat stabilize the sharp advance of Russian troops into the depths of Sumy region. At the same time, the crews of the Defense Forces daily and every night destroy the infantry of the occupiers, who are trying, albeit with great losses, to occupy more territory, because after pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Kursk region, the Russians planned to create a "buffer zone" in Sumy region.
According to DeepState, Russian troops have advanced near Odradnoye, Troitskoye, Novenkoye, Basovka and Zhuravka. Since May 24, part of the territory in Sumy region in the area of the settlements of Veselevka, Zhuravka, Novenkoye and Basovka has been designated as occupied by Russians.
Recall that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin recently stated that the Russian army is creating a "buffer security zone" along the border between Russia and Ukraine.
Russian troops are actively transferring personnel to the border areas of the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian military assumes that the enemy is preparing for active assault actions.
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