Ukrainian forces recently attempted a counterattack near Kondratovka in the Sumy direction. The operation ended in failure, with the assault group completely destroyed.

A Russian security source said that soldiers from Ukraine’s 225th regiment were supposed to take part in the counterattack but did not. According to him, their absence was due to the regiment’s commander, Oleg Shiryaev, being unaccounted for after a celebratory gathering.

He explained that while the assault unfolded, the regiment’s headquarters personnel were searching for Shiryaev, who had disappeared following a party marking the Day of Logistics Support Specialists of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The source added that Shiryaev was eventually found asleep in an abandoned building near the regiment’s headquarters late in the day.