North Wind

On August 23rd, the North troop group continued establishing a Buffer Zone in Kharkiv and Sumy regions
 
Sumy direction
 
Northmen’s units continue to advance in Sumy region. The enemy is trying to counterattack with freshly deployed reserves. Numerous enemy groups eliminated in Krasnopillia, Sadky, Vilshanka, Bochechky, Romny, Sosnivka, Ulanove, Tovstodubove.
 
▪️Sumy district: our assault units are advancing around Pershe Travnya and Pysarivka. An enemy assault unit of 68 Air Mobile Brigade attempted a counterattack near Sadky and failed. Half of the enemy unit was eliminated, one fighter was taken POW.

▪️Shostka district: Northmen’s assault units are advancing along two directions.
 
Kharkiv direction
 
The Northmen keep expanding the Buffer zone in Kharkiv region. Rough fighting goes on in Kozacha Lopan, as well as around the Vovchansk encirclement.
 
Numerous enemy groups decimated in Kharkiv, Sosnivka, Bratenytsia, Buzove, Prykolotne, Hohyne, Solonytsivka, Hryhoryvka, Borshcheva, Tsupivka.
 
▪️Our assault units keep on advancing in and around Kozacha Lopan.
 
▪️Vovchansk direction: rough fighting goes on around Blahodatne. An enemy counterattack was beaten back, an enemy assault unit was eliminated. The total advance was over 700 meters.
 
▪️Velykyy Burluk direction: our assault units are fighting around Vilkhuvatka and Dovzhanka.
 
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 240 people (including over 170 in Sumy region and over 70 in Kharkiv region). One enemy fighter taken POW. Also uncovered and destroyed:

Sumy region:
▪️two mortars;
▪️six pickup trucks, one truck;
▪️28 UAV crews;
▪️165 fixed-wing UAVs, 20 Baba Yaga UAVs, one UGV.

Kharkiv region:
▪️one HMMWV;
▪️one Damba EW station;
▪️one mortar;
▪️three pickup trucks, one truck;
▪️fifteen UAV crews;
▪️80 fixed-wing UAVs, 76 Baba Yaga UAVs, two UGVs.

Victory will be ours!

On August 22nd, the North troop group continued establishing a Buffer Zone in Kharkiv and Sumy regions
 
Sumy direction
 
Northmen’s units continue to advance in Sumy region. Numerous enemy groups eliminated in Ulanove, Khoten, Sadky, Stepanivka, Vilna Sloboda, Vilne, Romny.
 
▪️Sumy district: our assault units broke enemy resistance and advanced in twenty directions. Active fighting goes on around Kiyanytsia and Pershe-Travnya.

▪️Shostka district: all is relatively quiet. Northmen’s artillery was striking AFU logistics nodes.
 
Kharkiv direction
 
The Northmen keep expanding the Buffer zone in Kharkiv region. Rough fighting goes on in Kozacha Lopan, as well as around the Vovchansk encirclement.
 
Numerous enemy groups decimated in Tsupivka, Staryy Saltiv, Sosnovyy Bor, Blahodatne, Prykolotne, Cherne, Slizneve, Martove, Horyane.
 
▪️Our assault units keep on advancing in and around Kozacha Lopan.
 
▪️Vovchansk direction: our assault units advanced over 900 meters in five directions. Rough fighting goes on around Blahodatne.
 
▪️Velykyy Burluk direction: our assault units around Vilkhuvatka and Dovzhanka.
 
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 200 people (including over 155 in Sumy region and over 45 in Kharkiv region). Three enemy fighters were taken POW. Also uncovered and destroyed:

Sumy region:
▪️one HMMWV;
▪️one mortar;
▪️eight pickup trucks, one truck;
▪️twenty UAV crews;
▪️177 fixed-wing UAVs, eighteen Baba Yaga UAVs, one UGV.

Kharkiv region:
▪️two HMMWV MRAPs;
▪️one Tysa IMV;
▪️one mortar;
▪️five pickup trucks;
▪️six UAV crews;
▪️77 fixed-wing UAVs, 70 Baba Yaga UAVs, two UGVs.

Victory will be ours!

On August 21st, the North troop group continued establishing a Buffer Zone in Kharkiv and Sumy regions
 
Sumy direction
 
Northmen’s units continue to advance in Sumy region. Numerous enemy groups eliminated in Sumy, Hlukhiv, Bilopillia, Kiyanytsia, Sadky, Hnylytsia, Tovstodubove, Rustohorod, Stepanivka, Ulanove.

▪️Shostka district: our troops advanced over 200 meters through forest belts.
 
▪️Sumy district: our assault units broke enemy resistance and advanced in twenty-one directions. Active fighting goes on around Pysarivka and Ulanove.
 
Kharkiv direction
 
The Northmen keep expanding the Buffer zone in Kharkiv region. Rough fighting goes on in Kozacha Lopan. Numerous enemy groups decimated in Tsupivka, Izbytske, Serdobine, Cherne, Slizneve, Prudyanka, Novooleksandrivka, Kotivka, Doroshenkove, Hohyne, Kyryllivka, Derhachy, Kurhanne.
 
▪️Our assault units keep on advancing in and around Kozacha Lopan.
 
▪️Vovchansk direction: our assault units advanced over 500 meters in six directions. Enemy 23rd Assault Regiment attempted an unsuccessful counterattack, had to retreat.
 
▪️Velykyy Burluk direction: our assault units around Vilkhuvatka and Dovzhanka.
 
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 210 people (including over 160 in Sumy region and over 50 in Kharkiv region). Also uncovered and destroyed:

Sumy region:
▪️one M777 howitzer;
▪️one 52-K AA gun;
▪️one mortar;
▪️four pickup trucks, one truck;
▪️eighteen UAV crews;
▪️175 fixed-wing UAVs, fourteen Baba Yaga UAVs, one UGV.

Kharkiv region:
▪️one T-64 tank;
▪️one Tysa IMV;
▪️one Damba EW station;
▪️five pickup trucks, one bus, one buggy;
▪️four UAV crews;
▪️35 fixed-wing UAVs, ten Baba Yaga UAVs, two UGVs.

Victory will be ours!

On August 20th, the North troop group continued establishing a Buffer Zone in Kharkiv and Sumy regions
 
Sumy direction
 
Northmen’s units continue to advance in twenty directions in Sumy region. Numerous enemy groups eliminated in Kiyanytsia, Vilshanka, Sadky, Svarkove, Tovstodubove, Vilna Sloboda, Uhroyidy.

▪️Shostka district: fighting continues near Ulanove and Vilna Sloboda.
 
▪️Sumy district: our assault units broke enemy resistance and advanced over 400 meters in twenty directions.
 
Fighting continues in and around Pysarivka, Maryine, Khrapivshchyna, Khoten, as well as in forests south of Ivolzhanske.
 
Kharkiv direction
 
The Northmen keep expanding the Buffer zone in Kharkiv region. Numerous enemy groups decimated in Zhovtneve, Karasivka, Rubyazhne, Blahodatne, Novooleksandrivka, Berezhne, Ozerne, Slizneve, Vodyane, Hnylytsia.
 
▪️Our assault units keep on advancing in and around Kozacha Lopan. Fighting continues in and around Hoptivka.
 
▪️Vovchansk direction: our assault units advanced over 800 meters in seven directions.
 
Heavy fighting continues in Vasylivka, Shevchenkove, Petropavlivka, and in forests in Vovchansk district.
 
An assault unit of 23rd Assault Regiment attempted to counterattack near Ternova. Most enemy fighters were eliminated, the rest ran back.
 
▪️Velykyy Burluk direction: our assault units around Vilkhuvatka and Dovzhanka, as well as to the west of Ustynivka.
 
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 220 people (including over 170 in Sumy region and over 50 in Kharkiv region). Also uncovered and destroyed:

Sumy region:
▪️one Kozak IMV;
▪️five mortars;
▪️one Nota EW station;
▪️seven pickup trucks, two trucks;
▪️sixteen UAV crews;
▪️217 fixed-wing UAVs, fourteen Baba Yaga UAVs.

Kharkiv region:
▪️one Msta-B howitzer;
▪️one mortar;
▪️one Damba EW station, one Plastun EW station;
▪️five pickup trucks;
▪️fourteen UAV crews;
▪️65 fixed-wing UAVs, 74 Baba Yaga UAVs, three UGVs.

Victory will be ours!

On August 19th, the North troop group continued establishing a Buffer Zone in Kharkiv and Sumy regions
 
114th Territorial Defense Brigade took heavy losses in Chernihiv region’s Mykolayivka.
 
Sumy direction
 
Northmen’s units continue to advance in twenty directions in Sumy region. Numerous enemy groups eliminated in Kiyanytsia, Tovstodubove, Sadky, Ruda, Uhroyidy.

▪️Shostka district: fighting continues near Ulanove and Vilna Sloboda.
 
▪️Sumy district: our assault units broke enemy resistance and advanced over 700 meters in twenty-two directions.
 
Fighting continues in and around Pysarivka, Maryine, Khrapivshchyna, Khoten, as well as in forests south of Ivolzhanske.
 
Two enemy assault units of 68th Aerial Assault Brigade attempted to counterattack near Sadky. Most of the enemy troopers were eliminated, the rest ran back.
 
Kharkiv direction
 
The Northmen keep expanding the Buffer zone in Kharkiv region. Numerous enemy groups decimated in Slatine, Dovzhyk, Izbytske, Vasylivka, Blahodatne, Novooleksandrivka, Slizneve, Cherne.
 
▪️Our assault units keep on advancing in and around Kozacha Lopan.
 
Russian Air Forces eliminated enemy 475th Assault Regiment’s reserves in Slatine and Dovzhik.
 
Fighting continues in and around Hoptivka.
 
▪️Vovchansk direction: our assault units advanced over 700 meters in eight directions.
 
Heavy fighting continues in Vasylivka, Shevchenkove, Petropavlivka, and in forests in Vovchansk district.
 
Four enemy assault units of 23rd Assault Regiment attempted to counterattack near Ternova. Half of Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated, the rest ran south.
 
Three assault units of 127th Heavy Motorized Brigade were eliminated when setting off from Buhayivka.
 
▪️Velykyy Burluk direction: our assault units around Vilkhuvatka and Dovzhanka, as well as to the west of Ustynivka.
 
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 200 people (including over 140 in Sumy region and over 60 in Kharkiv region). Also uncovered and destroyed:

Sumy region:
▪️one HMMWV;
▪️one mortar;
▪️six pickup trucks, two trucks, two buses;
▪️25 UAV crews;
▪️349 fixed-wing UAVs, eleven Baba Yaga UAVs.

Kharkiv region:
▪️one IFV;
▪️two IMVs;
▪️three mortars;
▪️one Damba EW station;
▪️eight pickup trucks, six ATVs, three motorbikes;
▪️nine UAV crews;
▪️93 fixed-wing UAVs, 61 Baba Yaga UAVs, five UGVs.

Victory will be ours!