OREANDA-NEWS The Russian army took control of Pokrovka in the Sumy region of Ukraine. This was stated to journalists by the Russian Defense Ministry during a daily briefing on the situation in the special military operation zone.

According to the ministry, the village was occupied by units of the North group of forces. In addition, the fighters defeated formations of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the air Defense brigade and the National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Grafskoye, Andreevka and Miropole, Sumy region, as well as Kazachya Lopan, Liptsy and Tokarevka, Kharkiv.