The Daily Populous Wednesday August 13rd, 2025 evening edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by Curiousarouse

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated six out of 18 occupied villages or important locations in Sumy Oblast and have reached the border with the Russian Federation in two locations.

Source: Zelenskyy at a meeting with journalists on 12 August, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine

Quote: "Sumy Oblast. We had 18 occupied villages or important locations there. Six have been liberated. So we are moving forward. This is good news. We have reached the border with the Russian Federation in two locations. I think the situation there is more or less positive. This morning I was briefed by Apostol [Commander of the Air Assault Forces] and Syrskyi [Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces]. A further 900 metres have been mopped up in Sumy Oblast near several points up to the border."

Details: In addition, the defence forces are holding their positions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zelenskyy also noted that the Armed Forces had advanced one kilometre into Russian positions in Luhansk Oblast.

Glavurdan on August 13rd, 2025 at 13:21 UTC »

Not sure what's up with the comments here. Just because Ukraine is losing ground in Donetsk Oblast, doesn't mean they are in as bad of a shape elsewhere on the frontline.

And in Sumy they have been actually holding the line and pushing Russia back where able to, as attested by several trustworthy sources, including ISW, DeepState and Andrew Perpetua's geolocated map (for example, they liberated villages such as Kindrativka, Andriivka, Novokostyantynivka).

Two things can be true at once.

Jess_S13 on August 13rd, 2025 at 11:25 UTC »

Good. I truly hope they get all the help they need from our friends in the EU as it's beyond obvious Trump (and his base of bootlickers) would be happy to roll over and show their belly for tummy rubs from Putin.

Any-Original-6113 on August 13rd, 2025 at 07:42 UTC »

If the return of these territories pushed the Russians 40 km away from Sumy, then it matters. If not, then this is really an article to boost the morale of Ukrainians