The Moscow Times reports that Russia has massed its troops around Sumy, Ukraine, and intends to attempt to take the city in a summer offensive. The Times reports:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has amassed around 50,000 troops near Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, but added that Kyiv had taken steps to prevent Moscow from conducting a large-scale offensive there.
The build-up comes as Russia appears to be preparing for a summer offensive in Ukraine. At the same time, Kyiv is waiting for Moscow to present a memorandum laying out its conditions for direct ceasefire talks.
Sumy lies across the border from Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine previously seized and held a pocket of land for months. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it completely drove out Ukrainian forces last month, though Ukraine claims it still holds some areas.
“Their largest, strongest forces are currently on the Kursk front,” Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday. “To push our troops out of the Kursk region and to prepare offensive actions against the Sumy region.”
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