The "North" group is advancing in the Sumy area Units of the North group are continuing their attack in the Sumy area. Battles take place near Khotan, and Likaia Rivitsa and Nikolsky. In this area, two combat groups of the armed forces of Ukraine, which tried to push behind the Russian forces, were defeated. The Russian army continues to form a buffer zone on the border with the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions. The attack is being carried out near the border villages of Sumy Kurniuk and Turia. The total casualties of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Sumy region exceeded 75 people. Ukrainian units lost mortars, vehicles, UAVs and NRTC. In the village of Nikolaevka, as a result of an FPV drone strike, the head of the engineering service of the 158th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Alexander Stepanovsky, was killed.

The "North" group is advancing in the Sumy area Units of the North group are continuing their attack in the Sumy area. Battles take place near Khotan, and Likaia Rivitsa and Nikolsky. In this area, two combat groups of the armed forces of Ukraine, which tried to push behind the Russian forces, were defeated. The Russian army continues to form a buffer zone on the border with the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions. The attack is being carried out near the border villages of Sumy Kurniuk and Turia. The total casualties of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Sumy region exceeded 75 people. Ukrainian units lost mortars, vehicles, UAVs and NRTC. In the village of Nikolaevka, as a result of an FPV drone strike, the head of the engineering service of the 158th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Alexander Stepanovsky, was killed.