Ukrainian forces have stabilized the state of affairs in Sumy Oblast and pushed the Russian military additional away from Sumy, the area's capital, Ukraine's Normal Employees reported on June 30.

Moscow launched its new summer time marketing campaign in Might, aiming to push deeper into Ukraine's northeastern and japanese areas and disregarding Kyiv's requires an unconditional ceasefire.

Ukrainian troops superior close to the village of Oleksiivka, positioned lower than 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the town of Sumy, and liberated the village of Andriivka, which had been captured by Russia in early June, the assertion learn.

Within the meantime, Ukraine additionally stopped the Russian advance alongside the Yunakivka-Yablunivka-Novomykolayivka-Oleksiivka-Kindrativka line and the border with Russia close to Kursk Oblast, in accordance with the Normal Employees.

Russia has deployed its finest brigades on this part of the entrance line and is utilizing long-range artillery, plane, and assault drones, the Normal Employees mentioned.

President Volodymyr Zelensky additionally mentioned on June 30 that Ukrainian troops had halted the Russian offensive in Sumy Oblast.

"The Russian plan for an offensive in Sumy Oblast is just not succeeding — thanks to each Ukrainian unit working within the space," Zelensky mentioned after a gathering with the navy management and Protection Minister Rustem Umerov.

The Russian offensive's objective is to succeed in the executive borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts within the east and create a buffer zone within the border areas of Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi informed journalists on June 21.

Russian forces are additionally making an attempt to totally oust Ukrainian troops from Russia's Kursk and Belgorod oblasts.

Ukraine launched a cross-border offensive into Kursk Oblast — bordering Ukraine's Sumy Oblast — final August, initially seizing 1,300 sq. kilometers (500 sq. miles) however shedding the overwhelming majority of this territory in a Russian counteroffensive earlier this yr.

Moscow initially declared that it had absolutely liberated the area on April 26, however this declare was rejected by Ukraine and later disputed by Russian officers themselves.

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