The Armed Forces counter -offensive in the Sumy region: a third of the captured villages is released - Zelensky

To spread: the Ukrainian military freed six of the 18 occupied villages or important points in the Sumy region. In two locations, according to Zelensky, the defense forces came to the border with Russia. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the promotion of the Armed Forces in Sumy region at a meeting with journalists on August 12. "Sumy region. We had 18 points there - occupied villages or important points. Six released. That is, we move forward.

These are good news," the head of state said. At two points, the Ukrainian military went to the border with Russia and there is a "more or less positive situation" there. In the morning of August 12, the commander of the airborne troops Oleg Apostol and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Syrsky reported that the Armed Forces were cleaned another 900 meters in the Sumy region near several points near the border.

Defense forces also retain positions in the Zaporizhzhia region and have advanced to a kilometer deep into the enemy's positions in the Luhansk region. According to Zelensky, the Russians also understand that Kharkiv and Sumy region will not receive. "To be honest, the Kinburn Spit, which blocks the seaport of Nikolaev, there is no strength. It is not strategically for them. They just want us to leave the Donbass to give us Donbas," the President summed up.