“At the beginning of this year, 4 times more shelling was recorded in Sumy Oblast compared to last year. Source: the head of the Sumy OVA Volodymyr Artyukh on the air of the telethon, the Sumy OVA Direct speech: “We will frankly say that we record 4 times more shelling – 338 in these 5 days, compared to the past.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: the head of Sumy OVA Volodymyr Artyukh on the air of the telethon, Sumy OVA
Direct speech: “We will say frankly that we are recording 4 times more attacks – 338 in these 5 days, compared to the past… FPV drones are being used more and more, which were not at all last year, today there are already more than 130. This is the KAB, this “Shakheds” are unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Details: At the same time, Artyukh noted the “quite effective” work of air defense forces and units of volunteer formations.
According to him, 44 enemy drones were shot down in the region in 5 days of January.
Later, Sumy OVA clarified that compared to last year, the number of shellings increased 4 times. Most often, enemy-controlled aerial bombs, FPV drones and unmanned aerial vehicles are used. In particular, 129 strikes were carried out by FPV drones in 5 days of 2025.
Populations of Sumy and Shostkinsky districts suffer the most from artillery and air strikes.
At the same time, the OVA emphasized that the crossing of the Ukrainian border by Russian troops on the territory of Sumy Oblast was not recorded.
“As for the situation on the ground: separate sabotage groups of the enemy entered the territory of Ukraine, but their actions were responded to in a timely manner by units of the Armed Forces, border guards. And Russian DRGs, in most cases, were destroyed,” the message says.