Medvedev and Russian officials have called for Kyiv to concede occupied and unoccupied territory in the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which Moscow claims to have annexed but does not fully control. The ISW cast doubt on the likelihood of it ever being able to capture this territory.

According to the report, Russian forces advanced near the village of Bilovody in Sumy Oblast and near the village of Kamyanka in Kharkiv Oblast. Additionally, movement by Russian troops was recorded near Kotliarivka in Donetsk Oblast.

Russian forces have stepped up their attempts to break through in the Sumy region, using small assault groups. Recently, the enemy managed to gain a foothold in several border villages of the region and is now trying to expand its advance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his armed forces have begun carving out a “security buffer zone” along the frontier with Ukraine to protect border communities from drone raids and sabotage.

More than two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv sent thousands of troops over the border into Russia's Kursk ... The pro-Ukrainian DeepState war map shows Ukraine in control ...

April 29 (Reuters) - Russian troops are trying to carve out a buffer zone in Ukraine's northeastern ... about Moscow's troops trying to advance into Sumy. Russia has said its forces have captured ...

A Russian offensive supported by North Korean troops in the past few days has made a serious advance in ... is attempting to cut Ukraine's crucial supply road into Kursk, which is already under ...

Trump stepped up his criticism of the Russian president after a weekend of major drone and missile attacks on Ukraine.

It’s also transformed Ukraine’s border area into a deadly gray zone — a ... Sumy city remains far from safe. If Russian forces advance further, they could soon use the FPV drones to attack ...