On 24 February 2022, the Russian military invaded Ukraine and began capturing and occupying parts of the Sumy Oblast. Russian forces failed to capture the capital of the oblast, Sumy, however, some se
Remnants of a Russian column ambushed by Ukrainian forces on 17 March 2022
Russian forces captured in Romny Raion
The destroyed railway station "Trostianets-Smorodyne"
Destruction near the Smorodyne locomotive depot
Battle of Sumy
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On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a military engagement took place in the city of Sumy, located near the Russia–Ukraine border. Ukrainian paratroopers and territor
A storage building on fire after the Russian shelling of Sumy in March 2022
A damaged building in Sumy on 27 February 2022
Evacuation attempts at the destroyed building in Veretenivka
Evacuation attempts by bus via "green corridors"