Ukrainian border guards repelled an invasion by a Russian reconnaissance team and sabotage in the northeastern province of Sumy on Monday, the governor of Sumy said.
Dmitry Zvitsky wrote in the Telegram message exchange application that the Russian team entered the Ukrainian territory under the cover of mortar shells, grenades and artillery fire, but retreated when the border guards returned fire.
Reuters was unable to confirm Zwicki’s statements from an independent source.
Russian forces entered Sumy province shortly after the start of the Moscow invasion of Ukraine on February 24, but Ukrainian forces regained control of the region on April 8 and are preparing for further attacks.
More than eighty days after the onset of the invasion, the Ukraine has had a number of successes since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, forcing Russian commanders to halt their offensive in the capital, Kyiv, before gaining rapid advantages around Kharkov.
In another development, the Ukrainian army announced that a Russian missile hit an area near the port city of Odessa, destroying a tourist accommodation and injuring at least three people.
The southern command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said the target of the attack was a bridge over the Danube River that had been destroyed earlier in another attack.
A fire broke out at the site of today’s attack, near the town on the shores of the Black Sea, which had so far largely escaped the worst of the conflict.
There is currently no confirmation from the Russian side.
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow stated earlier today that at least 100 air raids carried out overnight against Ukrainian army infrastructure.
Russia said today that its forces had shot down three Ukrainian fighters, one near Fidonisi in the Black Sea and the rest in the Mykolaf and Kharkiv regions, while Russian missiles continued to pound targets in the eastern part of the country.
Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces shot down a Su-25 aircraft near the settlements of Yevchenivka in the area of ​​Mykolaiv and Velika Komisuvacha in Kharkov, and a Su-24 near Fidonisi, which became famous in the early hours of the war when Ukrainian border guards stationed there rejected a demand for a Russian warship to surrender.
Nearly three months after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine, Russian and Russian-backed forces continue to control an area of ​​Ukraine along the Azov and Black Seas and in eastern Ukraine on the border with Russia.
Russian forces have been driven out of the area around Kharkiv in the northeast for the past two weeks.
Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014, is trying to occupy Donbass.
High-precision Russian missiles hit two command posts in the Kharkiv region, the ministry said, and also hit other targets, including weapons depots and places where Ukrainian troops and equipment had been concentrated.
The ministry said it had struck similar blows in the pro-Russian self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, also shooting down drones.
Russia has said it has destroyed 168 aircraft, 125 helicopters, 889 unmanned aerial vehicles, 307 anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft systems, 3.8 anti-aircraft and air defense systems. and other armored tanks.
The information from the Russian Ministry of Defense can not be confirmed by an independent source.
Zelensky: We are waiting for a new attack in Donbas
Ukraine is preparing for a new Russian attack in the eastern Donbass regionsaid Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky overnight.
«The occupiers still do not want to admit that they are at a dead end and their so-called special operation has already gone bankrupt.“, He added.
He once again called on the West to impose oil embargo in Russia.
«We are also working to strengthen sanctions on Russia. Partners must make decisions that limit Russia’s ties to the world every week“, he said.
«The conquerors must feel the rising cost of war for them, feel it constantly“, Concluded Zelensky.
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