The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 5th that the Russian Northern Group forces have taken control of the Grabovskoye settlement in Sumy region. Sumy is located in northeastern Ukraine, bordering Kursk Oblast in Russia. On the same day, TASS quoted Russian military sources as reporting that in order to expand the “security zone” in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, the northern Russian army is advancing.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 5th that the Russian Northern Group forces have taken control of the Grabovskoye settlement in Sumy region. Sumy is located in northeastern Ukraine, bordering Kursk Oblast in Russia. On the same day, TASS quoted Russian military sources as reporting that in order to expand the “security zone” in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, the northern Russian army is advancing.