The enemy continues to "propagate fear" among the residents of the Sumy region: it is spreading information about the preparation of its offensive in the Sumy region to allegedly force the Armed Forces to withdraw reserves from Kupiansk.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has visited the border communities of the Sumy region and held a number of operational meetings there regarding enemy shelling.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed the military and diplomats to work on strengthening air defense systems to protect the Kharkiv, Sumy, and southern regions of Ukraine.
A 54-year-old man was killed and two women were injured as a result of the shelling by Russian troops of the Velyka Pysarivska community in the Okhtyrka district of the Sumy region.