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On Thursday, the Ukrainian army called on residents of the northeastern Sumy county along the Russian border to evacuate due to repeated artillery fire.
I call on everyone, please run for your lives!
He declared Sergey Nayev Ukrainian lieutenant general on his Telegram page.
As he wrote, local authorities would help evacuate people.
Russia attacks the area daily with rocket launchers, artillery and cruise missiles.
Sumi is the most dangerous part of the northern operational area
Underlining the Ukrainian Lt.-Gen.