Soldiers from Ukraine's 'Magura' brigade have captured a Belarusian mercenary who was fighting for Russia in the Sumy region of Ukraine.

Russian forces conducted an FPV drone attack on Ukraine's Sumy Oblast, resulting in damage to cars and injuries to a local woman.

Russian drones launched an overnight attack on April 2nd, targeting and damaging port infrastructure, civilian buildings, and high-rise structures in Ukraine's Odesa region, including Chornomorsk.

Russian forces conducted a drone strike on March 25 in Ukraine's Mykolaivka settlement community in the Sumy region, damaging a hospital building, an apartment block, and vehicles.

Despite repeated attempts since last year, Russian troops have not achieved significant progress toward the Krasnopillia community, including the village of Pokrovka, in Ukraine's Sumy region.

On March 22, in the Berezivka community of Sumy region, a Russian drone struck a civilian vehicle, injuring a 13-year-old boy and an 18-year-old girl.

At least two civilians were killed and over ten injured in Russian attacks across Donetsk, Kherson, and Sumy oblasts on March 22.

Russian forces have reportedly struck a preschool education facility in the Sumy community of Ukraine with a drone, causing damage to the civilian infrastructure.

Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration, reported that the construction of protective structures at energy facilities in Ukraine's Sumy region has demonstrated effectiveness.

Three civilians were injured in a Russian drone attack on the Sumy district on Thursday, as Russian assaults on the region continue.

A teenager who was injured today in a Russian attack on a military enlistment office in Sumy was also there when a bus in Sumy was hit by the Russians on 13 April last year. Maksym, now 16, was shielded by his mother on that occasion.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops shelled 26 settlements in the Sumy region, injuring two people.

Nataliia Rohozna headed an Ukrposhta branch in Orikhiv. She was injured in a Russian drone strike on 8 March and died four days later.

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has accused the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) of unjustifiably detaining one of its officers at a checkpoint near Sumy.

Russian forces have attacked civilian infrastructure in the Shostka, Bereza, and Verkhnia Syrovatka hromadas of Sumy Oblast, resulting in three injuries and damage to residential buildings and a train.

Russian forces attacked Kherson and Sumy oblasts on 13 March, killing a 52-year-old woman and injuring nine people.

A 66-year-old man was killed after stepping on a Russian mine in the Khotin hromada in Sumy Oblast on the morning of 12 March. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

The Czech Republic has provided Sumy with generators that will ensure the uninterrupted operation of critical infrastructure in the city.

Russian troops are unsuccessfully trying to break through in the village of Popivka in Sumy Oblast, but have not succeeded and cannot establish a foothold there.

Russian forces attacked the Shostka hromada in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast with drones on the morning of March 11, causing damage to residential houses and vehicles.

Russian forces launched a guided aerial bomb strike on the Hlukhiv hromada in Sumy Oblast, resulting in the death of a civilian at an industrial site.

The number of 'red zones' – territories falling under Russian control – has increased in Ukraine's border Sumy region, including many populated areas, according to the Ukrainian monitoring project 'DeepState'.

DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts, has said Russian troops have intensified their activity near the Ukrainian state border in Sumy Oblast, attempting to expand their zone of control…

Russian forces have occupied the village of Sopych in Sumy Oblast, where earlier reports said local residents had been abducted.

Reports indicate a shift in the Ukraine war, with Russian forces pushed back from Kupiansk and Dnipropetrovsk, and Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka not fully captured, while Sumy remains under Ukrainian control.

Ukraine's human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, appealed to Russia regarding the likely abduction of 19 residents from Sopych village in Sumy Oblast by Russian forces.

Over the past two weeks, Ukrainian forces have observed a notable change in Russian battlefield behavior, specifically a significant reduction in the number of combat engagements in the areas of responsibility of the Joint Forces Grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russian troops carried out 60 strikes on 30 settlements in Ukraine's Sumy region within 24 hours, resulting in one death and several injuries.

Russian attack on Sumy Oblast left four civilians injured and damaged houses and local infrastructure.

As of March 2, Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have left residents of the Donetsk, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia regions without power.

A residential building in the private sector of Sumy, Ukraine, sustained damage from an enemy UAV, resulting in more than 10 broken windows.

Four people were killed and four others injured in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast due to over 100 strikes by Russian forces on 30 settlements across 16 communities.

Russian troops have destroyed a school in a village in the Sumy community by striking it with a drone.

A Russian drone attack hit central Sumy on the morning of 27 February, causing a fire. No injuries were reported as residents were evacuated in time.

Russian troops launched more than 100 strikes on 36 settlements in 16 territorial communities of the Sumy region within 24 hours, damaging educational and medical facilities.

Yesterday, Russian troops shelled the Sumy region over 70 times, leaving one person injured.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered the deployment of additional air defense forces to Sumy Oblast to strengthen its airspace protection, following new drone attacks by Russia.

A Russian attack targeted a Mondelez International confectionery factory in Trostianets, Sumy region, Ukraine, marking a strike on a major US investment.

A Russian drone attack on an ambulance in Sumy Oblast resulted in the deaths of four civilians, including one teenager.

Counterfeit banknotes embedded with QR codes, reportedly dropped by enemy UAVs, have been discovered in Ukraine's Sumy and Chernihiv regions, indicating a new tactic in the ongoing conflict.

A Russian drone struck a civilian car in the Sumy hromada, resulting in injuries to a 13-year-old boy and his father. The incident highlights ongoing civilian casualties in the region.

A drone strike by Russian forces on a car in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast resulted in injuries to a 13-year-old boy and his 18-year-old sister.

Russian forces attacked emergency workers in the Ukrainian city of Sumy during operations on the night of March 21-22, resulting in damage to a fire engine.

The town of Pokrovka in Sumy region remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; claims circulating on Russian media outlets that it has allegedly been captured are untrue.

Russian drone attacks in Ukraine's Sumy region have killed three civilians and injured at least ten, with additional injuries reported in Odesa.

In the Khutir-Mykhailivskyi community of the Sumy region, a drone attack on civilian infrastructure killed two brothers, aged 33 and 37, and injured a 54-year-old man.

A Russian drone struck a military enlistment office in Sumy on Wednesday, March 18th. While there were no casualties inside the building, a passer-by near the site of the strike was injured.

While many in Slovakia live near the poverty line, the Prime Minister and ministers will see their incomes rise by hundreds of euros, prompting opposition accusations of 'papalashstvo' (elitism).

A Russian missile and drone attack in Mykolaiv caused damage to an educational institution and a high-rise building.

Several commuter trains in the Sumy region will be suspended for a few days to allow for repair work following Russian attacks on infrastructure.

Rescuers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) extinguished a fire caused by a Russian drone strike on a passenger train in the Sumy region.

Infrastructure facilities belonging to Ukrposhta, Ukraine's national postal service, have been damaged or destroyed as a result of Russian attacks on Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy oblasts.

DeepState analysts have reported that the Russian army has advanced south from the village of Yablunivka in the Yunakivka hromada in Sumy Oblast. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Russian strikes on railway stations in Ukraine's Sumy and Mykolaiv regions have caused damage to locomotives and tracks.

More than 40 law enforcement officers were injured in a Russian drone attack on the district police headquarters in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, on the morning of March 11.

Russian occupation forces are trying to break through in the village of Popivka in the Sumy region, but their attempts are unsuccessful, and they cannot gain a foothold there.

Two people were killed and two injured after Russian guided aerial bombs struck the Hlukhiv community in Sumy Oblast.

A court in Sumy Oblast has sentenced a Russian 'commandant of Boromlia' in absentia to 10 years in prison for staging the mock execution of a civilian woman, the mother of a Ukrainian serviceman, in 2022.

Russian troops have been striking energy infrastructure in the Sumy region throughout the day, leaving some users in the Sumy and Okhtyrka districts without power.

In the Sumy region, five people were injured over the past day as a result of Russian attacks.

An infrastructure facility in Odesa was hit during a massive Russian missile and drone attack.

Russian drone strikes hit a residential building and a non-residential facility in Sumy late on 6 March.

The Russians have taken about two dozen residents of the border village of Sopych in Sumy Oblast to Russia, a local media outlet has reported.

Russian troops attacked a civilian vehicle in the Mykolaiv rural community in Ukraine's Sumy region, resulting in injuries to three people.

Residents in the Donetsk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine were left without electricity this morning following new Russian attacks.

A farewell ceremony was held for Ukrainian soldier, photographer, and cinematographer Vadym Tykhonovskyi, whose death was recently confirmed after he went missing in Sumy Oblast on July 22, 2025.

Between the morning of March 1 and the morning of March 2, Russian troops launched more than 90 strikes on 25 settlements in 11 communities in the Sumy region, injuring four people.

Over the past day, five people were injured in Ukraine's Sumy region as a result of shelling by the Russian army.

Two people were killed and four injured in a Russian drone attack on a car in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, on February 27, prompting an investigation.

Russian forces attacked port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast and a hotel in Sumy, Ukraine, overnight, resulting in six injuries and damaged buildings.

A State Emergency Service (SES) officer returning home from duty has been killed in Sumy Oblast after a Russian FPV drone struck his car.

Russian forces have advanced in the settlement of Pokrovka in Sumy Oblast as well as in the villages of Nykyforivka and Lypivka and near Platonivka in Donetsk Oblast, DeepState, a Ukrainian group of m

In the Znob-Novhorodske community of the Shostka district, Sumy region, police community officer Serhii Slavskyi and his wife Khrystyna, an emergency paramedic, were killed on February 21 while perfor

A Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Sumy region hit an ambulance, killing a police officer and a paramedic who were on duty.

In Trostianets, Sumy region, Russian troops attacked a civilian enterprise belonging to the American company Mondelez.

Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has declared April 5 a day of mourning in memory of those killed in a Russian attack on a local market.

Two people have been injured as a result of Russian strikes on the city of Sumy on the morning of 3 April.

Russian forces have used drones to drop leaflets designed to look like Ukrainian 100-hryvnia banknotes, which contain dangerous QR codes, in the border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts.

As of the morning of April 1, there are widespread power outages in the Sumy region due to an ongoing massive drone attack. Power outages have also affected consumers in three other regions as a result of the attacks.

A six-year-old girl injured during Russia's March 28 shelling attack in the Znob-Novhorodske community of the Sumy region remains in extremely critical condition in hospital.

A Russian Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle struck the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv on Thursday morning, resulting in one person being injured.

Russian shelling destroys Hetman National Park building in Sumy region, Ukraine

Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv oblasts on March 22 resulted in four deaths and eleven injuries.

The Russian army has claimed control of a border village in Ukraine's Sumy region, as it continues efforts to establish a 'buffer zone' and make small breakthroughs across the border.

The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate has been elected: Archbishop Nykodym (born Volodymyr Kobzar), serving as Archbishop of Sumy and Okhtyrka.

New combined bus routes are being developed in the Sumy region to ensure uninterrupted logistics amid ongoing Russian strikes on railway infrastructure.

Over 90% of the work to protect energy infrastructure in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast is in its final stages, with most facilities expected to be secured soon.

One man was killed and two others were injured in Russian attacks on border areas of Ukraine's Sumy Oblast on the morning of March 19.

Russia launched 147 attack drones, including Shahed, Gerbera, and Italmas types, overnight on March 18, targeting regions such as Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa, and Chernihiv. The attacks resulted in fires, damaged homes, a damaged locomotive, and several injuries.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army attacked approximately 31 settlements in the Sumy region with drones, damaging energy infrastructure and railroad tracks; two people were killed, and nine…

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) says several commuter services in Sumy Oblast will be cancelled for days after Russian attacks damaged railway infrastructure.

Valerii Vavryniuk, acting head of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service, visited combat units defending the state border with Russia in the Sumy region and reviewed the needs of border guard detachments.

Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in Ukraine's Sumy region on March 14, resulting in injuries to three civilians.

On March 14, Russian invaders attacked four Ukrposhta branches across Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Sumy regions, injuring employees.

Russian troops carried out nearly 120 strikes on 40 settlements in Ukraine's Sumy region over the past 24 hours, resulting in two deaths and one injury.

A Russian drone attack in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast has resulted in injuries to over 40 police officers, highlighting the ongoing threat to law enforcement personnel in the region.

Ukrainian forces have confirmed successful strikes on various Russian targets, including depots, oil facilities, a Buk-M1 air defense system, and a command post.

Russian forces have reportedly captured territories near Bezsalivka, Stupochky, and Udachne in the Sumy and Donetsk oblasts, according to an update from DeepState.

Russian troops launched 44 strikes on 30 settlements in the Sumy region over the past day.

A portion of Ukraine's Sumy Oblast is without power following recent Russian attacks.

Russian troops attacked six settlements in the Kherson community, resulting in five people being wounded.

A Russian nighttime strike on Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi Oblast damaged a railway station, caused a fire, and led to electricity disruptions.

Russians have again abducted people in the Sumy region: Nineteen civilians from the village of Sopych were taken from the Esman community abroad to Russia.

Soldiers from the 5th Border Guard Detachment showed footage of a successful hunt for the occupiers' equipment and personnel in the Sumy direction.

Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, Donetsk, and Kharkiv oblasts have resulted in three deaths and 35 injuries over the past day.

Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have left customers in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine without power as of March 3, according to Ukrenergo.

All proceeds from the charity collection will support independent media in Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Mykolaiv and Kherson.

Russian forces struck a residential area of the city of Sumy on the evening of 1 March, injuring an 87-year-old woman.

An 86-year-old woman was killed on February 28 in Zaporizhzhia district as a result of a Russian attack.

Russian troops attacked an agricultural enterprise in the Yampil community of Sumy region with drones. The attack resulted in dead and wounded individuals.

Russian troops attacked a hotel building in Sumy with drones.

Yesterday, the Russian army struck 19 settlements in Sumy region, injuring a civilian woman.

Ukrainian Defense Forces confirm that the villages of Pokrovka, Nykyforivka, Lypivka, and Platonivka remain under their control, despite enemy reports of advances near these settlements.

The Russian military struck a residential area in a community in the Sumy region with two guided aerial bombs, leaving several people wounded.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed the Ministry of Defense to deploy additional forces to strengthen air defense in the Sumy region.

Russian forces conducted a missile strike on a US-owned production facility in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast on February 21.