Active hostilities ongoing in three districts of Sumy region

The head of Sumy regional military administration, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, said this in his video address posted on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"In the Sumy region, the situation remains tense, fierce fighting is going on. The active phase of the fighting is going on in the Konotop, Sumy and Okhtyrka districts. As you know, some of our communities are under the control of the Russian occupiers. There's terror and genocide of Ukrainians going on there," Zhyvytskyi said.

He added that hostilities continue in the Trostianets community, and the enemy continues shelling the outskirts of Sumy and bombing Okhtyrka.

Zhyvytskyi said that his forecasts for the Sumy region were "restrained and optimistic" and expressed hope that some communities would soon be liberated from Russian occupation.