On Saturday, in Sumy Oblast, the Defence Forces made the Russian sabotage group retreat beyond Ukraine's state border.

Source: Lieutenant General Serhiy Naiev, commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on Telegram

Quote: "Today, on 12 August, in the area of responsibility of the Northern Strategic Group of troops, near one of the villages of the Znob-Novhorodske territorial hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories], during reconnaissance, servicemen of a separate mechanised brigade identified a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the enemy.

Having detected ten armed men visually and acoustically, the Ukrainian servicemen engaged in the shooting. Anti-sabotage reserves from the National Guard and the border post with UAV crews went to help our military on the scene.

Heavy fire from our defenders forced the enemy to take their wounded and retreat beyond the state border of Ukraine."

Details: Naiev said that the Russians covered the withdrawal of sabotage and reconnaissance forces with 120 mm mortars.

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