Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the hottest areas of the front are the Sumy and Pokrovsk directions. He added that the Defense Forces are doing everything possible to prevent the Russians from forming a strike fist, reports UNN.
The Russians are trying to conduct offensive operations in several directions. One of the main, hot directions is Sumy and Pokrovsky. We do not allow them to form a strike fist to advance
The Head of State said that various formats of combat operations, including the use of drones, are giving results.
I believe that our guys are working well, standing firm. And various formats of drone attacks, which I mentioned earlier, are giving fruitful results
Addition
The Russian side published a list of 339 Ukrainian children who were allegedly "rescued" from the combat zone. At the same time, Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation in the negotiations in Istanbul, denied the facts of the abduction of children, accusing the Ukrainian authorities of "a show for Europeans".