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Russia announces capture of town in Sumy region, northeast Ukraine

Published: 14 Jan 2026 - 07:20 pm | Last Updated: 14 Jan 2026 - 07:27 pm
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QNA

Moscow: The Russian Ministry of Defence announced, Wednesday, that its forces have taken control of a new town in northeastern Ukraine and that they eliminated 1,065 Ukrainian soldiers across various combat fronts.

In a statement, the ministry said that its 'North' group of forces succeeded in taking control of the town of Komarovka in the Sumy region.

It added that operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery targeted military-industrial facilities, production plants, drone storage warehouses, and Ukrainian armed formations' temporary deployment points in 145 areas.