border operations

The “gray zone” between the border villages of Zhuravka and Basivka in Sumy Oblast has expanded, according to the DeepState monitoring project, as Russian forces intensify efforts to breach Ukraine’s state border and establish a foothold stretching to the Sudzha checkpoint in Kursk Oblast, analyst Ruslan Mykula told public broadcaster Suspilne Sumy on April 8.

Ukrainian soldiers have captured 13 Russian servicemen in Russia's Kursk Oblast, according to Ukraine's Ground Forces on Sep. 17.