Enemy continues attempts to create buffer zone in border areas of Sumy region – military

Oleksandr Nevidomyi, spokesperson for the Kursk Group of Forces, announced this on Ukrainian television, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"The [Northern Slobozhanshchyna] sector remains quite active, despite a relative reduction in enemy assault operations. However, they [the Russians] have not given up on their declared goal of creating a so-called buffer zone," Nevidomyi said.

According to him, Ukrainian forces continue to thwart the occupiers' plans: some units are still holding positions on Russian territory while simultaneously repelling assaults on the Ukrainian side and inflicting maximum losses on the enemy.

The main Russian tactic remains small infantry assault groups of two to four soldiers, while the use of armored vehicles in this sector is rare.

"Every attempt to carry out such assaults to improve their positions ends in failure for the enemy. Their personnel and equipment are destroyed, which is why they try to deliver maximum fire damage using all types of available weapons, including glide bombs, artillery, and multiple launch rocket systems," Nevidomyi added.

He said that the enemy carries out up to 15 glide bomb strikes per day in this sector, with a single strike potentially involving up to 30 bombs.

"In the deeper parts of the operational zone, they [glide bombs] are used less frequently – the enemy is mainly targeting our combat formations. They also use Shahed and Italmas attack drones, decoys such as Gerbera, as well as Molniya and fiber-optic FPV drones," the spokesperson summarized.

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