The gray zone has expanded within the space of Komarivka, a border village in Sumy Oblast, with Russian forces stepping up exercise alongside the state border and making an attempt to achieve a foothold there.

Supply: DeepState, a Ukrainian group of army analysts

Quote: "Within the newest replace, the gray zone has expanded within the space of Komarivka. The enemy has just lately elevated its exercise alongside the state border, making the most of the chance to enter a border village, making an attempt to achieve a foothold there and destabilise the state of affairs. The Russians are additionally instantly probing the potential of increasing the zone of such exercise and management, as occurred within the case of Komarivka itself or Hrabovske, the place they managed to entrench themselves."

Particulars: DeepState famous that the variety of such zones is rising, however that it’s usually attainable to wipe out Russian forces on the very begin of an tried incursion, that means not all markings essentially make sense.

Background: On the morning of 15 January, Russian forces dropped a guided aerial bomb on the central a part of Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast, killing one particular person and injuring 4 residents.

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