’50, 000 truppe russe bloccate ‘ – Ucraina si ferma in Sumy Oblast, offensiva estiva’ vacillante ‘, dice Syrskyi | “L’ondata di quest’anno dell ‘” offensiva estiva “del nemico dal territorio russo sta vacillando”, ha detto il comandante in capo Oleksandr Syrskyi.

From the article: Ukraine has halted Russia’s advance in Sumy Oblast, stabilizing the front line and blunting the momentum of Moscow’s summer offensive, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on June 26.

“Based on the results of May and June, we can say that this year’s wave of the enemy’s summer offensive from Russian territory is faltering,” Syrskyi said, reporting that Russian troops in the northeastern border region had been stopped.

Moscow launched its new summer campaign in May, aiming to push deeper into Ukraine’s northeast and eastern regions, disregarding Kyiv’s calls for an unconditional ceasefire.

Russian forces had made modest gains, occupying around 449 square kilometers (173 square miles) in May, the highest monthly total in 2025, according to the open-source intelligence group DeepState.

In Sumy Oblast, however, the line of contact has stabilized. Syrskyi said Ukrainian troops are not only defending but also reclaiming ground using active defense tactics.

“In certain areas, our units are liberating Ukrainian territory,” he said.

Good. Exceptional performance.
I hope he can also apply this to the southern and eastern front. That would be just fantastic.

Europe owes so much to these guys, amazing work!

If they could stop 150,000 Russian soldiers with kit and T-80s in 22, they can stop 50,000 starving convicts driving golf carts in 25.

Typically speaking when Stalin would make comments about quantity having quality. That implies that you have quantity to begin with.

If this was 1945 that Summer offensive would have 800,000 men. But red army this is not.