Russian Forces Take Border Village in Ukraine’s Sumy Region: Defense Ministry

Sumy shares a border with Russia’s western Kursk region, from which Ukrainian forces now appear to be in full retreat.

A Ukrainian tank passes a burning car near the Russia-Ukraine border in Sumy region, Ukraine, on Aug. 14, 2024. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo

Russian forces have captured the village of Basivka in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, Moscow’s Ministry of Defence has claimed.

“Units of the Battlegroup North liberated Basovka in the Sumy Region during their offensive,” it said in a statement cited by Russia’s TASS news agency on April 6.