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Governor: Russian forces shell border village in Sumy Oblast

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Russian forces shelled the Nova Sloboda community and hit border villages with artillery on Dec. 4, Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi said on Telegram. The community is in the eastern part of the region, just a few kilometers away from the Russian border.

Five shells reportedly hit the region's territory, damaging power lines and seven houses, the governor said. No casualties were reported.

President Volodymyr Zelensky's Deputy Chief of Staff Kyrylo Tymoshenko said that the Russian forces also shelled the Esman community in Sumy Oblast, north of Nova Sloboda, three times on Dec. 4, damaging infrastructure.

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"Russian military personnel know exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can stay in the air," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, commenting on the attacks. "The routes are always calculated. This cannot be an accident, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders."

It is the third time Russian forces have used pipelines as a tactic, which they first adopted during the Battle of Avdiivka. Back in March, around 100 troops passed through a gas pipeline to reach Ukrainian positions in Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

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