Want a "buffer zone": the Russian Federation accumulates 50 thousand soldiers in the Sumy direction - Zelensky

To spread: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky told about preparation for the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in several sections of the front. According to him, the enemy accumulates 50 thousand soldiers in the Sumy direction, and will attempt to cross the border of Dnipropetrovsk region. The head of state said this during a meeting with journalists on May 27, reports "Public".

According to the President, thanks to the actions of the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, it was possible to prevent the transfer of hostile units into the Pokrovsky direction, and successful fights near Konstantinovka in Donetsk region prevented the accumulation of Russian troops near the border with Sumy region. "In the last two days, we have pushed them for 4 kilometers in Konstantinovka.

That is, they cannot completely remove all their troops from the Pokrovsky direction. Just as they could not transfer all the troops to the Pokrovsky direction to capture Pokrovsk. We took the appropriate steps in Kurshchyna," Zelensky said. However, the Russians continue to collect strength in the Sumy direction. "More than 50,000. We understand. But we have success there," the President said.

According to him, in the Kursk region, Russia has now collected its "the most and strongest" troops to knock out the Armed Forces of Ukraine and prepare an offensive in Sumy region. "For the construction of this buffer zone, which they call it, 10 kilometers deep into Ukraine. I think they understand that they lack these opportunities. Now it is so," - explained Zelensky journalists.

In general, the offensive actions of the enemy continue constantly and the entire Russians remain unchanged, the President said. In particular, the Kremlin does not refuse to cross the administrative border of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk region. "They want it. They do not succeed. On May 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he gave the Russian armed forces the task of creating a "buffer zone" along the border with Ukraine.

On May 25, the head of the North Army Press Center announced the promotion along the border of the Sumy region of the occupiers who were in Kurshchyna and allegedly taking control of the settlements of Marina and Loknya. On May 26, the spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said that the invaders were attempting to cross the border in small groups and expand the territory of the offensive in Sumy region.