Returned positions: Defense forces counterattacked in two areas - isw
According to analysts, Ukrainian troops advanced in the north of Sumy region and in the west of Zaporizhzhya. In the Sumy region, according to the geolocation videos published on September 26, the Defense Forces of Ukraine returned positions north of the regional center - to the northeast of Kindrativka. In addition, according to Russian Milblograries, Ukrainian defenders counterattacked north of Sumy near Andriyivka.
The Russians continued offensive operations in the east of the Zaporozhye region on September 27, but they did not succeed. In turn, Ukrainian troops advanced to the west of the region and, according to the published geolocation videos on September 22, returned positions south of the Little Tokmachka (southeast of Orikhov).
The report for September 28, citing Russian sources of ISW analytics, says that the defense forces had made a counterattack northwest of Sumy near Stepnoy, as well as near Andrievka, Oleksiivka and Kindrativka (north of the regional center). In the west of the Zaporizhzhya region, on September 28, the invaders continued offensive operations, but could not make confirmed progress.
On September 27, the military-political analyst Dmitry Snegirev said that the Armed Forces were taking a half thousand Russians in the Dobropilskaya direction. On September 26, DeepState reported on the fixation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the center of Kupyansk. According to analysts, the invaders increase the presence of the front on this section of the front in the hope of seizing the city.