Sumy Oblast, also known as Sumshchyna (Сумщина), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its modern-day form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
Verkhnia Rozhanka is a village in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to Slavske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Local government — Nyzhnorozhanska village council.
Velyka Pysarivka is a rural settlement in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. It was formerly the administrative center of Velyka Pysarivka Raion, but is now administered within Okhtyrka Raion. It is located close to the border with Russia, on the left bank of the Vorskla, a tributary of the Dnieper. Population: 3,928.
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 territorial defense forces began engaging Russian forces within the city, resulting in heavy urban fighting and the destruction of a Russian tank column. That evening, Ukraine's paratroopers were ordered to withdraw from the city, leaving the city's defense to a few thousand local volunteers armed with rifles, limited anti-tank weapons and no armed vehicles or heavy weaponry. After three to four days of failing to enter the city, the Russian military shifted to encircle and bypass the city, and were then subject to guerrilla ambushes.
The northern Ukraine campaign was a theater of operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It involved attacks by Russia across the Russo-Ukrainian and Belarusian–Ukrainian borders, beginning on 24 February 2022, for control of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the surrounding areas of Kyiv Oblast and northern regions Zhytomyr Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast. Kyiv is the seat of the Ukrainian government and the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On 21 March 2022 during the battle of Sumy, a Russian airstrike damaged one of the ammonia tanks at the Sumykhimprom plant, contaminating land within a 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) radius including the villages of Novoselysia and Verkhnia Syrovatka. Due to the direction of the wind, the city of Sumy was largely unaffected despite its proximity to the leak.
On 24 February 2022, the Russian military invaded Ukraine and began capturing and occupying parts of the Sumy Oblast. The capital of the oblast, Sumy, was never captured by Russian forces, however, other cites were captured including Konotop and Trostianets.
A series of border skirmishes has taken place along the Russia–Ukraine border in Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts since the withdrawal of Russian troops from northern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have stated that strikes across the border happen daily.
The Russian occupation of Zhytomyr Oblast was a military occupation that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The capital, Zhytomyr was never captured and was bombed in the 2022 Zhytomyr attacks. Small towns and settlements were however captured, in the north-west and north-central Korosten Raion, near the border with Kyiv Oblast.
Popivka, is a village in northeastern Ukraine, located in Okhtyrka Raion of Sumy Oblast. The village is on the banks of the Vorsklytsia River, and is located on the Russian-Ukrainian Border.
Nova Sloboda is a village in Ukraine, in Konotop Raion within the country's northern Sumy Oblast. It is the administrative centre of Nova Sloboda rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 1,568.
Synivka is a village in Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Synivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 1,267.
Ryzhivka is a village in Sumy Raion (district) in Sumy Oblast of northeastern Ukraine, on the left bank of the Seim river, at some hundred meters of the Russia–Ukraine border. It belongs to Bilopillia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Khmeliv is a village in Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast, in central Ukraine. It is the capital of Khmeliv rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of 1,540.
Korovyntsi is a village in Romny Raion, in Ukraine's central Sumy Oblast. It is the centre of Korovyntsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 2,702.
Myropillia is a village in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Myropillia rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 2,873.
Yunakivka is a village in Sumy Raion within Ukraine's central Sumy Oblast. It is the capital of Yunakivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 1,741.
Nyzhnia Syrovatka is a village in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, in central Ukraine. It is the capital of Nyzhnia Syrovatka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 3,717.
Richky is a village in Sumy Raion, in Ukraine's central Sumy Oblast. It is the administrative centre of Richky rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of 1,267.
Mykolaivka is a village in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Mykolaivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 957.
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