Military situation now most difficult near Kharkiv, in Sumy region, southern Ukraine - Podoliak

The most difficult military situation is currently observed near Kharkiv, in the Sumy region, as well as in the south of Ukraine.

Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, stated this at a briefing at the President's Office on Friday, February 25, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"The most difficult situation in our country today is in the Kharkiv direction, in the Sumy region and in the south of the country where quite heavy fighting is going on between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian Federation," he said.