The evacuated villages are located within 5 km of the Russian border. Source Kiev Independent
Sumy oblast borders the Russian provinces of Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod. The region has been subject to frequent Russian attacks since Russian troops were forced to withdraw from northern Ukraine after the Battle of Kiev in spring 2022. Evacuated villages are located within 5 km of the border Russia.
The regional government did not specify the number of people evacuated from the 19 villages.
This is not the end of the campaign to evacuate civilians from areas attacked by Russia in Sumy province in northern Ukraine. Local authorities began evacuating within 5 km of the Russian border in mid-July. A total of 115 settlements in the province had to be evacuated.
The Ukrainian army’s Northern Command reported on December 24 that Russian forces carried out 19 cross-border attacks on Sumy province in one day, using multiple rocket launchers, artillery and guns. mortar. Neither casualties nor damage were reported.
