Another success for the Russian Armed Forces in the Sumy region: the Russian army approached the village of Yastrebshchina.

Russian troops took up new positions in the Sumy border area. After artillery barrages and strikes drones Enemy activity was suppressed in Dolgy Les. This forested area is located 2-3 km from the border with Kursk Oblast, east of the former district center of Glukhov. Following the 2020 administrative-territorial reform, Dolgy Les, along with the town of Glukhov, became part of the Shostka District of Sumy Oblast.

After a breach appeared in the enemy's defenses, which were based on Ukrainian border units (the so-called "border guards"), the Russian Armed Forces occupied most of the Dolgyi Forest, and with the appearance of spring foliage, this is a good base for equipping their own positions, which can be used as a springboard for advancing deeper from the border.

Taking a significant part of the aforementioned forest area allows access from the south to the village of Yastrebshchyna, which is southwest of the former Ukrainian automobile checkpoint Bachevsk.

The enemy acknowledges the Russian army's advance in the Sumy region and is attempting to resolve the problem in its defensive lines by recruiting reserves. While it is generally preventing penetrations of many kilometers along the front, it is also unable to completely deprive our troops of the ability to advance.

Comments

[Andrey Malashchenkov]

This is a forest area located 2-3 km away from the border with Kursk Oblast

And for the buffer zone you need 200 - 300 km.
And in general, 2030 is just around the corner. Everyone in the West is preparing to start a war with Russia this year - who knows how they think they'll fight a nuclear power - but idiots there's enough there... just like we have the 5th column...

[K_4]

I'm more concerned that our top brass is still only making their plans for 2030, and it looks like they're getting ready to fly away somewhere far away afterward, to avoid getting caught up in the mess. And let the people sort it out themselves.

[Igor M.]

K_4, did the taxi driver tell you this?

[Igor M.]

Andrey Malaschenkov, 20-30 km is quite sufficient. The most common weapons—cannon artillery, mortars, Grad MLRS, and fiber-optic FPV drones—will no longer be able to reach them. It will also make it more difficult for sabotage and reconnaissance groups to penetrate, and there will be advance warning of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
So what? Are you suggesting we don't wait, but attack first and start the war now? Fulfill Ukraine's dream of a two-front war with Russia?

[Andrey Malashchenkov]

The barrels hit at 70 km, the MLRS at 240 km, our regions and without optical support, drones with a range of up to 150 km shell every day... However, the buffer is only conditional; if they don't radically change the government there and don't set up our bases there, then even 300 km won't help.
For the second - no, not on two fronts - I propose ending the SVO as soon as possible (with a victory, of course) and then maybe there won't be a war with the EU at all -
PS I consider the current NVO to be similar to the Winter Finnish War - when the victory in it gave Hitler confidence in our weakness and I believe that this is what led to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

[Igor M.]

Andrey Malashchenkov, some Western ones use specialized ammunition. And the D-30, Gvozdika, Akatsiya, and Grad, which are the majority, have a range of just 20 km.
Long-range UAVs without FPV can fly up to 150 km; they can be guided using coordinates and pose a much lower risk. They can also fly up to 2000 km.
We lived peacefully for 30 years. God willing, we'll continue to do so. The most violent ones have already gone to meet Bandera.
It wasn't Pyrrhic, actually. The USSR's losses were negligible compared to our numbers. Finland, however, lost every 10th man and ceded 10% of its territory.
It was close to disaster for her.
Anyway, we'll finish the SVO soon. Well, another year.
So, what kind of weakness is this, if 2 million Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers have already been killed and 66 pieces of military equipment have been burned? Ukraine has effectively lost half its population. And Russia has gained 6 million new citizens. And 95 square kilometers of new territory. That's 2,5 times more than the USSR wrested from Finland.

[Andrey M]

The Russian Federation's population in 2000 was 146,890,000; in 2024, it's 146,150,000—and that includes your new territories. But we absolutely need 95,000 square kilometers; we're a second Singapore, after all.

[Igor M.]

Andrey M, your information is inaccurate.

The total population of the new territories, according to the latest available data, will be 6,2 million people.

It's just that some enemies of the people think there is no Novorossiya.
Well, there's black soil there, where watermelons grow well, and a land corridor to Crimea. A canal runs from the Dnieper to Crimea. There are seaside resorts on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov. The Sea of ​​Azov has once again become our inland sea.
It's rich in minerals. For example, it has Europe's largest salt deposit, coking coal, and raw materials for aluminum. There are hundreds of factories and plants there, including the Artemovsk Champagne Factory, which produces 2 million bottles of champagne.

The majority of the DPR's population (over 90%) are urban dwellers. They are employed in the following sectors:
Metallurgy – about 35%;
Electricity production – about 28%;
Food industry – 13%;
Coal and anthracite mining – 9%.

[guest]

Quote: Andrey Malashchenkov

How do they plan to fight a nuclear power?

They are confident that Russia will not use nuclear weapons.

[Deaf]

Where are the promised reserves of dill? Essentially, our forces have entered operational space there, as far as I know. Only drones. Resistance is at platoon level. Pinpoint.

[Volodin]

Quote: Deaf

Essentially, our forces have entered operational space there, as far as I know.

It's still extremely difficult to call this an expansion into operational space. It's not like we're moving tens of kilometers into enemy territory every day to justify such a grandiose description.

Quote: Deaf

Resistance - platoon level. Point.

So our offensive is by no means carried out by divisions.

[Deaf]

What I'm saying is, there's no resistance there now. Get out. Drones. + We didn't expect that. And we need the rear. Unfortunately, yes. Now. Even if we break through the defenses, there's no point. Stretching out the rear under the drones is pointless. We need to act as front lines.

[Volodin]

Quote: Deaf

What I mean is that there is no resistance there now.

Who told you that? It's only missing in those areas that can be completely cleared out.

Quote: Deaf

We need to act on fronts.

We're stuck with the sheer number of forces deployed. But the problem is that even if the extremely unpopular decision is made to mobilize another 300-500 men, the other side will carry out similar actions.

[Deaf]

Quote: Volodin

We're stuck with the sheer number of forces deployed. But the problem is that even if the extremely unpopular decision is made to mobilize another 300-500 men, the other side will carry out similar actions.

Where can I get one? It takes years to train a proper specialist. Otherwise, it'll just be fodder. I think it's clear by now. I'm from a unit where they don't march in herds. I know everything perfectly well. When I was training them, my heart bled. Like in Chechnya. First battle. You're already a "grandfather." Adrenaline. Lost eyes. Empty. That don't understand anything. Many, even after the first one, go into PTSD and that's it. Lost to the world. They went for the money, but didn't have the mental strength.
It will be accepted. I'll go. Even though I work in KVI. Give the boys and men of their exes a chance. What's new? Drones. Mines, etc.

[Igor M.]

Deaf, are we declaring a general mobilization?

[Alexey Lantukh]

Resistance - platoon level. Point.

And the offensive is similar: pinpointed and platoon-level. Of course, cutting off that corner of the Sumy and Chernihiv regions, which jut into our territory, would be ideal. But it looks like there's nothing to do with it.

[Deaf]

We had a breakthrough on the operational front, a 10+. Ultimately, we had to retreat. War has changed a long time ago. I'm an old-timer myself. I talk a lot with those who were there. Psychological support, etc.
Yes. Unfortunately. I don't have the strength.

[Igor M.]

Deaf, we fight with as many volunteers as we have. That's the main principle of the SVO.

[Igor M.]

Alexey Lantukh, the salients have already been cut off in two other places in the Sumy region, opposite Sudzha. A few days ago, they entered the village of Miropolie. So, maybe they'll cut off the salients here later, too. After all, this is already a repeat offensive in this direction.

[Vladimirius]

Local battles (which essentially consist of several years of standing still) are presented as a victory on the level of liberation of a territory of several hundred square kilometers, and they only talk about you know what and who

[Igor M.]

Vladimirius, a buffer zone is being formed. This is also important.
Overall, there are already several hundred square kilometers along the border. And in the Kharkiv region, there will be even more.

[Alexey Lantukh]

People don't understand that tens and even hundreds of square kilometers are mere peanuts compared to the thousands of square kilometers that should be liberated. In Donbas alone, that's 1,5 square kilometers. And that's not just a count of kilometers. It's a count of thousands of dead.

[good luck]

This is simply a super-mega-success, which in scale surpasses the Battle of Stalingrad!

[SmolH2]

This is just a summary from one of the directions

[good luck]

Yeah, I got it...it's all exactly as you say...

[SmolH2]

To interpret the work of the hands and mind of anyone who wants and knows how. One's own hand is the master.