"They are constantly bombing us!" Russia advances in Sumy, Zelensky changes military dome

Russian forces have expanded their front line in Ukraine's northern Sumy region, military officials in Ukraine have raised the alarm. The reaction comes a day after Moscow announced it had captured another village, bringing the regional capital closer to the range of frontline drones.

The advance on the city of Sumy comes as Kiev has shown its ability to keep up the fighting by carrying out a series of attacks in recent days, hitting Russian strategic bombers and the Crimean Bridge. Kiev said the Russian artillery attack on the city of Sumy killed four people and wounded 28 others. The head of the military administration of the Sumy region, which lies north of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the region's defense strategy. "The situation in the border area of ​​the Sumy region remains complex, dynamic, but controllable," the head of the military administration, Oleh Hryhorov, said, according to A2 CNN.

"The Russian military is continuously shelling border villages, hitting residential buildings, farms, and civilian infrastructure facilities."

The dual advance with fierce frontline fighting and missile and drone attacks in Sumy is hampering Ukraine's defensive capabilities across the southeastern Donbas region, which Moscow is seeking full control of, military analysts say.

Meanwhile, significant changes are taking place in the leadership of the Ukrainian army. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made changes to the top military leadership. Former Chief of the Army Staff, Mykhailo Drapatyy, has been relieved of organizational duties such as mobilization, training and preparation of recruits, Zelenskyy said in his evening video message. The dismissal comes in the wake of a fatal Russian missile attack on a military training area in the Dnipropetrovsk region, A2 CNN reports.

Politically, Zelenskyy called for further sanctions against Russia after the Russian missile strike on Sumy, which killed four civilians and injured about 30 others. Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin will not change his tactics unless he is put under greater pressure, the Ukrainian said. (A2 Televizion)