Ukraine makes advances as Romania condemns Russian drone intrusion
The drone violation in Romania comes days after a similar incident in Poland, prompting accusations that Russia is ‘testing’ Nato
Ukraine’s forces have advanced in the border districts of northern Sumy region, an area where Russian troops have tried for months to establish a foothold, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Zelensky, speaking in his nightly video address on Sunday, also quoted Ukraine’s top commander as saying Moscow’s forces had suffered significant losses in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions along the 1,000km (620-mile) frontline.
Zelensky was speaking after a week of Russian statements underscoring what Moscow described as gains in the central Dnipropetrovsk region.
Russian troops are engaged in a slow push across eastern Ukraine, with nearly daily announcements of captured villages.
Moscow has annexed four regions it has partially occupied – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – but not Dnipropetrovsk, where it has so far said it has taken a string of villages along the edge of its administrative border.
“There are good results in border areas of Sumy region,” Zelensky said, citing top commander Oleksandr Syrsky. “Our units are continuing to advance in the direction of Ukraine’s state border.”
