Syrsky declared the onset of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: the dynamics of fighting and the situation in the Sumy direction
In this regard, the focus gathered information about how the events developed and what situation was on the line of fighting in the Sumy direction today. According to the Armed Forces, the number of offensive actions of Russian troops on the key areas of the front has increased dramatically over the last week - almost twice. The general emphasized that the number of Russian troops increases by 8-9 thousand people, which is up to 130 thousand in the annual dimension.
If, on January 1, 2025, the number of troops was 603 thousand, then at the beginning of April it had already reached 623 thousand. Syrsky also commented on the autumn of joint exercises of Russia and Belarus. Such measures, said the head, can be used as a cover for the formation of a shock group, as it happened in early 2022. Then, under the guise of exercises, a group of troops was created, which later went on the offensive in the north of Ukraine.
The penetration of Russian sabotage and intelligence groups into Sumy region was known in December 2024, as reported by the press service of the Special Operations forces of the Armed Forces. At that time, the attempt was recorded by the Ukrainian military and some of the saboteurs were destroyed.
Already in February this year, the army of the Russian Federation was intensified in the Sumy direction, namely in the area of the settlement of Novenko, where the enemy stormed the border area for byces to two mechanized departments without columns of equipment. Later, the Russians struck in the area of Zhuravka village and fired at the positions of defense forces in Basivka. The activation of the Russian forces in the Sumy region coincided with the promotion of the enemy near Kursk.
According to reports of Deepstate, the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation intended to move south, to Basivka, which opens the way to the CCP "Sudzha", in order to physical overlap of the logistics of the Armed Forces coming from Yunnaivka. On March 13, it became known that Russian troops began to storm the Basivka with infantry units on the quad bikes, and as noted in Deepstate, for this purpose the enemy accumulated considerable reserves.
The plan of the Russians was clear - a throw towards the route leading to the Kursk region, to control the logistics path that provided the grouping of Ukrainian troops near Kursk. "The enemy tries to break through the border near Basivka and Volodymyrivka to create a sanitary area. Accordingly, the forces of defense are also symmetrically, to prevent the initiative to move to the side of the enemy," Deptystate wrote.
On April 6, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declared that Russian troops had occupied the settlement of Basivka, but in the SPSU denied this information. "In Basivka, the occupiers are trying to take offensive actions with small assault groups, but they are destroyed by our units of defense forces," said spokesman Andriy Demchenko.
Russian sources claim that the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Sumy region are coming to the wide front and, in particular, have already reached the outskirts of Locnya settlement, south of Basivka. Western ISW analysts in the next report of April 8 confirmed the advance of the Russians, citing geolocation. However, it was added that during the counterattack the fighters of the Defense Forces managed to stop the promotion and push the enemy.
In general, the Sumy direction is likely to be arriving fights, and the armed forces of the Russian Federation adhere to the tactics of the creeping offensive, gradually "biting" the territory in small parts. The latest cartographic data does not indicate a large -scale offensive of the Russians, with the prerequisites for the breakthrough of the Defense Line of the Ukrainian forces.
It should be noted that the border area is constantly under the aviation and artillery strikes of the Russian Army. According to LOSTARMOUR resource, 14 aircraft with cabins, 2 strokes of the RSL, and 9 strokes of unmanned systems were caused from April 5 to April 5 to April 5 to 7. And from April 8 to April 9, the invaders used 33 AUCPs with the UMPC and 2 times attracted a volley fire. The nature of the fighting was voiced by the SPSU spokesman Andriy Demchenko.
According to him, the Russian army uses the tactics of small assault groups that cross the border, including using ATVs and other light equipment for deep penetration. At the same time, he stressed that Ukrainian fighters hold positions not only in the Basivka area, but also in other areas of the border where the enemy is also active. All assault and sabotage groups of the enemy are destroyed near or on the state border. "It is more than 530 kilometers.
We must be ready to counteract with hostile assault groups, DRG or other great forces, if the enemy tries to use them. For this purpose, each component of Ukraine's defense forces has its own defense strip and strengthens the fortification of the warrior to the warrior. " We will remind, the commander -in -chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Syrsky told about the planning of operations of defense forces in Kursk region.