Ukraine's Sumy Oblast Prepares as 50,000 Russian Troops Mass at the Border

As Russia amasses 50,000 troops on Ukraine's border, Sumy Oblast is bracing for a possible large-scale offensive. Alarming signs of an imminent summer push have surfaced, with Moscow deploying combat-ready airborne troops and marines in what Ukrainian defense sources described as an effort to displace Kyiv’s forces. These developments follow Russian President Vladimir Putin’s May 22 order to establish a "security buffer zone" along the border, a move President Volodymyr Zelensky later said included 50,000 Russian troops “in the direction of Sumy....Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite