For the first time since the start of the war with Russia, the Ukrainian army reached the state border in the Sumy region, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said on Facebook.
“On the seventh day of the war with an aggressive terrorist state, Russia, the border guards of the 5th border division, together with parts of the armed forces of Ukraine, reached the state border in the Sumy region,” Danilov wrote.
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine is the coordinating body in the field of national security and defense under the President. He coordinates and controls the activities of executive authorities in this area.
Fighting in Ukraine
Thursday is the eighth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nexta quoted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Twitter as saying late Wednesday that there were already 9,000. losses among Russian soldiers leading the offensive in Ukraine.
Earlier Wednesday, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that by midnight on March 1, 227 civilians had been confirmed in Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion; 525 were injured.