💥 Attack

Russian forces attacked along northeast of Sumy City near Novenke and Zhuravka; southwest of Sudzha near Oleshnya; and south of Sudzha near Guyevo on March 31.

March 31, 2025 Novenke, Sumy Oblast

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Institute for the Study of War Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian Armed Forces (organization) UAV (weapon_system) Air Defence Forces of Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian Air Force (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit) Andrii Demchenko (person) State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (organization) Russian saboteur groups (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked along northeast of Sumy City near Novenke and Zhuravka; southwest of Sudzha near Oleshnya; and south of Sudzha near Guyevo on March 31.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Russian troops increased UAV usage in Sumy region by 20 times.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Destruction of housing and civilian infrastructure in Sumy region increased 5 times due to increased drone attacks.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.163Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-31-2025