Russian troops attack Ukraine's Sumy border region
In response to the Ukrainian attack on the Kursk region, the Russian army attacked the Sumy region of Ukraine - which borders Kursk.
According to RIA Novosti on August 24, the coordinator of the pro-Russian organization in Nikolaev, Sergei Lebedev, said that the Russian Armed Forces carried out several attacks on the facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy - a Ukrainian territory adjacent to the Kursk region of Russia. Notably, Ukrainian soldiers who were said to have been sent to the Kursk region were attacked.
According to Lebedev, Ukrainian soldiers in the Sumy region moving to the Kursk region were attacked with two high-explosive aerial bombs (FABs).
“The exact number of dead is still unknown, but it is at least 20. The remaining, estimated at about 20, were injured, some of whom fled and did not return,” said Mr. Lebedev.
The resistance coordinator said that in the village of Bereza, Sumy region, where there is a temporary equipment transit point and ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an attack occurred, when the Russians used 5 FABs at once.
“There is a railway line where military equipment is taken from trains straight into the forest. There is a junction of two major highways and an agricultural company where the Ukrainian army temporarily stores ammunition in warehouses,” Lebedev told RIA.
In addition, Russian forces also attacked a military equipment repair plant in Belopolye, which had 22 tracked vehicle units and up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen.
According to Lebedev, in response to attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against civilian targets, the Russian military regularly carries out targeted attacks on positions with personnel, equipment and mercenaries, as well as on Ukrainian infrastructure such as: energy facilities, defense industry, military command and communications.
In addition, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov affirmed that the Russian army did not attack residential buildings and social facilities in Ukraine.
