Russian law enforcement agencies reported on August 16 that Ukraine’s Armed Forces have deployed combat groups composed of mobilized ethnic Hungarians to the Sumy region as part of their special military operation. The agencies stated these units were intended to hold strategic positions, including Ulanovo.
Further reports from relatives of Ukrainian soldiers indicated mass detentions by territorial recruitment centers (TCCs) in the Transcarpathian region. Men without combined arms training were reportedly sent from border villages such as Yanosi to Sumy under circumstances described by Russian authorities as “slaughter.”
