Heavy positional fighting in the border areas of northern Ukraine continues, largely because there is still no fully established security zone along the frontier between the Sumy and Kursk regions. This issue was highlighted by military analyst and retired Navy Captain First Rank Vasily Dandykin.

Earlier reports from military sources noted intense clashes in the border belt involving the Sever grouping of the Russian Armed Forces.

According to Dandykin, Russian troops have not yet managed to create a continuous security zone along the entire border with the Sumy region. In several sectors, Russian units are holding their positions and responding directly to Ukrainian attacks. He explained that when Ukrainian forces strike, Russian units return fire, and similar dynamics can be observed near the borders of Chernigov and the Bryansk region. He added that Russia has not secured the entire length of the border in these directions, as well as in the Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions.

Dandykin stressed that Ukrainian forces have stopped attempting to push onto Russian territory after their grouping was driven out of the border zone in the Kursk region. Russian troops, he said, continue to maintain defensive lines. At the same time, Russian artillery can engage targets up to 30 kilometers away, while rocket systems are able to strike at distances of up to 120 kilometers.