Local authorities in the Kursk Oblast announced on 29 March that a border checkpoint had been shelled from Ukrainian territory.

[3] The governor of the Kursk Oblast announced that a border post in the Sudzhansky District had been shelled by mortars on 5 April, and that the points of origin, presumably in Ukraine, had been fired on in retaliation.

[4] On 9 April, he announced that another border post had been shelled by mortars, this time in Yelizavetovka [ru].

[6] According to the Ukrainian Border Guard Service, Russian troops fired at the Chernihiv Oblast twice on 28 April.

[7] The Russian military shelled Hlukhiv with rocket launchers on 8-9 May, damaging a Jewish cemetery.

[10] As shelling continued, Russian forces defeated a few elements of the Ukrainian Border Guard and entered Shostka district on 16 May.

[24] One person was killed and one injured as Russian troops fired on Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia and Shalyhyne on 26 June in Sumy Oblast.

"[25] On June 27, Zhyvytskyi stated that Russians attacked the hromadas of Krasnopillia and Bilopillia, leaving one person injured.

Around 70 shots were fired on Krasnopilla, 10 missile strikes on Velyka Pysarivka, and 120mm mortars on Khotin.

[31] On 5 July, Russian troops launched a missile strike on the city of Shostka in which private enterprises were destroyed and around 24 residential buildings were damaged.

[38] On 24 July, Russian forces fired at the Sumy Oblast 12 times, primarily the villages of Shalyhyne, Mykolayivka, Bilopillia, Khotin, Yunakivka, and Krasnopillia.

[42][43] The same day Russian forces on Belarusian territory launched missiles on Honcharivske in Chernihiv Oblast.

[46] On the same day, Russian sabotage groups failed to cross the border into Sumy after Ukrainian forces intercepted them.

[citation needed] On 10 January 2025, geolocated footage showed Russian forces crossing the international border and entering Sumy Oblast, advancing west of Zhuravka and south of the village of Prokhody.

[48] Ivan Shevtsov, spokesman for Ukraine’s Steel Border Brigade said on 14 January 2025 that Russian drones were actively hunting Ukrainian soldiers in Sumy Oblast and that the Brigade is "in areas of active combat in Sumy Oblast and along the state border with Russia".