DeepState: There is no threat of encirclement or semi-encirclement for Sumy

DeepState: there is no threat of encirclement or semi-encirclement for Sumy. Analysts are refuting careless statements by journalists that were picked up by Russian propaganda.

▪️Russia is trying to create a buffer zone in the Sumy border area and is carrying out active assault operations, including with the use of armored vehicles. These assaults were repelled; the situation in this direction has NOT changed fundamentally.

(There are videos of the repelled assaults from the 71st OAeMBr and the 21st Mechanized Brigade of the AFU, which were published by Yigal Levin).

▪️The main influence on the situation is not from columns of equipment, which Ukrainian pilots meet with fire and destroy while they are still on the way to positions, but from constant pressure by small infantry groups, in particular sabotage and reconnaissance groups, which operate directly in the border area and are gradually drawn into Ukrainian territory.

▪️There was another attempt to use a pipe, which was NOT successful. (29 people tried to infiltrate through the pipe, were detected in time, and, according to preliminary information, all were killed; the video was published by the 71st OAeMBr of the AFU).

▪️Nevertheless, the Russian Armed Forces continue to build up a numerical advantage on the border with Sumy Oblast. The task for the AFU now is to prevent the enemy from pushing deeper into Ukrainian territory; otherwise, Ukrainian defenders will have to allocate more and more resources and attention to this.