Zelensky: Russia has concentrated 50,000 occupants in Sumy direction

The Russians have concentrated about 50,000 troops in the Sumy direction. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a conversation with journalists on May 27, reports Ukrinform .

President confirms Russia's intention to create a 10-kilometer buffer zone in Sumy region.

"They are now amassing troops in the Sumy sector. More than 50,000. We understand that. But we are making progress there. Today, for example, we took eight prisoners in the area of Tiotkino (an urban-type settlement in the Hlushkivsky district of the Kursk region of Russia – Ed.)," the president said .

According to him, the Russians have concentrated their strongest troops in the Kursk direction.

"To push our troops out of Kursk region and to prepare for an offensive in Sumy region. To build this buffer zone, as they call it, 10 kilometers deep into Ukraine. I think they realize that they lack these capabilities. Now they do," he said .

Zelensky says Ukrainian forces in Kursk "left one direction, entered another".

"We have a good record there. That is, we will stay there until the Russians want to end the war or at least [take] the first step – a ceasefire," the head of state said .

He emphasized that the Russians are constantly conducting offensive actions, but they have not managed to conduct a major operation.

"They were unable to accumulate troops in the Sumy direction, for which they were preparing from the Kursk direction, because of our actions," the president said .

• on May 25, The Military Watch Magazine reported that Russia had allegedly transferred 50,000 troops from the Kursk region to the Kharkiv direction. In a commentary to LIGA.net , the head of the Center for Political Analysis Kovalenko said that the publication's information about Russia's plan to attack Kharkiv is an exaggeration, as the occupiers have neither the strength nor the means. We are talking about the border.
• As of May 26, the following settlements are under the control of the Russian Federation in Sumy region Novenke and Basivka of the Yunakivska community, as well as Veselivka and Zhuravka of the Khotynska community.