Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages as its huge bombing marketing campaign slows

Russian forces have taken 4 border villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy area. File
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Russian forces have taken 4 border villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy area, an area official mentioned on Tuesday (May 27, 2025), days after Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned he had issued an order to ascertain a buffer zone alongside the border.

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Meanwhile, a Russian bombing marketing campaign that had escalated in current days slowed in a single day as far fewer Russian drones focused Ukrainian cities and cities.

Moscow’s invasion has proven no indicators of stopping regardless of months of intense U.S.-led efforts to secure a ceasefire and get traction for peace talks. Since Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey earlier this month for his or her first direct talks in three years, a big prisoner alternate has been the one tangible consequence, however negotiations have introduced no vital breakthrough.

Between Friday and Sunday, Russia launched round 900 drones at Ukraine, officers mentioned, amid a spate of large-scale bombardments. On Sunday night time, Russia launched its largest drone assault of the 3-year struggle towards Ukraine, firing 355 drones.

From Monday to Tuesday, Russia fired 60 drones at Ukraine, the Ukrainian air drive mentioned Tuesday.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed its air defenses had downed 99 Ukrainian drones in a single day over seven Russian areas.

In Sumy, Russian forces are attempting to advance deeper after capturing villages, Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy regional navy administration, mentioned in a press release.

Ukrainian forces are endeavouring to carry the road, he mentioned. Residents of the captured villages had been evacuated earlier, and there’s no speedy menace to civilians, Mr. Hryhorov mentioned.

Mr. Putin visited the Kursk region last week for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the realm final month. Kyiv officers have denied the declare. Ukraine seized a pocket of land in Kursk final August.

The lengthy border stays susceptible to Ukrainian incursions, Putin mentioned. He mentioned he informed the Russian navy to create a “security buffer zone” alongside the border however offered no public particulars of the place the proposed zone can be or how far it might stretch.

Mr. Putin mentioned a yr in the past {that a} Russian offensive on the time aimed to create a buffer zone in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv area. That might have helped defend Russia’s Belgorod border area, the place frequent Ukrainian assaults have embarrassed the Kremlin.