Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group tried to cross the border in the Sumy region, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

" Our military opened fire, the enemy fled,"

Russian occupation troops regularly shell the border settlements of the Sumy region with mortars and artillery. The day before, Russian occupiers shelled the Belopolskaya and Esmanskaya communities - 27 strikes were recorded.

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During Sunday, January 8, they fired 144 shells and mines into the region, damaging more than ten civilian infrastructure. Several communities fell under enemy shelling, including Esmanskaya, Miropolskaya, Belopolskaya, Novoslobodskaya and Khotynskaya.