The Sumy Oblast is situated in the northeastern part of Ukraine. In Ukraine it borders Chernihiv Oblast to its west, Poltava Oblast – southwest, and Kharkiv Oblast – southeast. To its east Sumy Oblast borders the Russian Federation including Bryansk on …

Sumy (Ukrainian: Суми, IPA: [ˈsumɪ] ⓘ, Russian: Сумы ) is a city in northeastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River and has a population of 256,474 (2022 estimate),[4] making it …

1 day ago · Ukraine's northern Sumy region is among the regions where the enemy can use its forces most actively. Serhii Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army "South," said this in comments to Ukrinform. "Among the regions where the enemy could deploy its forces most actively is, for example ...

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces are stepping up attacks along Ukraine's northeastern border in a bid to break into the Sumy region, Kyiv's top general said on Thursday. Sumy borders Russia's Kursk ...

Mar 10, 2025 · Russia has captured territory in Ukraine's Sumy region for the first time since 2022 as Kyiv struggles to hold areas it seized last year in Russia's Kursk region. The Russian advances come as...

Mar 11, 2024 · Sumy Region: Great Victories in Battlefields, Business, and Culture . You have definitely seen Sumy region (Ukr. oblast) if you had come across maps of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the news, for this northern region was one of the first to take the blow.

Sumy region is situated in the North East of Ukraine and is adjacent on the North and East to the Russian Federation region of Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod. The region shares a national border with Russia that is 498 kilometers in length.

Mar 27, 2025 · Krasnopillia community in Sumy region has announced a mandatory evacuation of residents from the villages of Osoivka, Khmelivka, Vesele, and Lozove. The Sumy Regional Military Administration (RMA) reported the evacuation order on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. "A mandatory evacuation is announced ...

Mar 27, 2025 · As Russia steps up its air campaign against Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, the village of Krasnopillya has come under heavy fire. After air strikes took out power and communications networks ...

Three days later, he said that all Russian troops had left the region, but it was still unsafe due to rigged explosives and other ammunition Russian troops had left behind. [2] In March 2025, Russia attacked some villages in Sumy Oblast as counterattacks of Ukrainian occupation of Kursk Oblast and claimed to capture some villages. [3]