Three die in Ukraine’s Sumy area, Zelenskyy says Russian offensive there has failed

An early morning Russian assault killed three individuals on Friday (September 12, 2025) in northern Ukraine’s Sumy area, a regional official reported, however President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Moscow’s makes an attempt to advance within the space had failed with heavy losses.

Russian forces are engaged in an extended, grinding drive alongside the 1,000 km (620-mile) entrance by jap Ukraine, however have additionally tried in current months to achieve a foothold in areas like Sumy, a border area subsequent to Russia’s Kursk area.

They have captured a string of villages close to the border and topic bigger cities, like town of Sumy, to frequent shelling.

Sumy Regional Governor Oleh Hryhory stated a 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) drone and missile assault killed three residents in or close to Sumy and injured 5.

But Mr. Zelenskyy, quoting Ukraine’s prime navy commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, stated the Russian operation within the area “has been fully foiled by our forces.”

“Fighting continues within the border areas of Sumy area, however the Russian grouping within the Sumy path has misplaced its offensive capabilities on account of the losses it has suffered,” he wrote on Telegram.

Mr. Zelenskyy has reported successes in different operations in Sumy in current weeks. He stated Kyiv’s forces had been additionally actively repelling Russian troops in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia, the 2 fundamental areas on the entrance line.

Russia’s Defence Ministry stated its forces had captured a brand new village, Ternove, in Dnipropetrovsk area within the centre of Ukraine.

It was the second day in a row that Russia reported seizing a village in that area, including to a listing of a number of such localities in current weeks. Ukraine has emphasised in public statements its efforts to maintain Russians from gaining any floor there.

Ukraine’s widespread conflict weblog DeepState, which makes use of open-source experiences to trace navy positions, reported Russian beneficial properties close to Ternove and no less than one different village within the space.

But one other navy blogger reported that Ukrainian forces had taken again one village within the area from Russian troops.