Ukrainian Intelligence Captures 29 Russian Soldiers in Sumy Oblast Raid

The GROUP 10 unit of the Active Operations Department of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence took 29 Russian troops prisoner during a raid in Sumy Oblast, the department said in a statement on Tuesday, 20 October.

According to the department, Russian forces also lost 108 killed and 157 wounded. Over the course of the operation, Ukrainian special forces hit more than 1,100 targets, including drone control and launch points, artillery systems, vehicles and engineering and fortification structures.

Seven weeks in two stages

The operation lasted about seven weeks and was carried out in two stages. Forty special forces soldiers took direct part in the fighting. The department says they cleared more than 600 hectares of forest of Russian troops and handed the positions over to Ukraine's Defense Forces.

Sumy Oblast has been under regular Russian fire; on Tuesday a Russian drone hit an apartment block in Sumy, starting a fire. More in our world section.