The Defense Forces once again reminded that Ukraine will not lose

One of the truly turning points was the liberation of the village of Kindrativka, located less than 20 km north of Sumy.

Modest gains that matter a lot to Kyiv. The successful Ukrainian counterattack in the Sumy region, which borders Russia, is a rare turn of events on a battlefield dominated by Moscow's forces, American journalists emphasize.

According to them, against the backdrop of the extremely slow but steady advance of the Russian invaders on the front, the return of even such small areas helps Kyiv counter Moscow's narrative about Ukraine's inability to stop the Russian offensive.

Specifically, in the Sumy region, the Russian offensive failed so much that the Russian command finally put an end to it and transferred the main forces from there to the Donbas.

What is also important to understand is that Putin previously proposed exchanging the captured parts of Sumy region for the rest of the Donbass territory as part of a peace agreement, and Trump supported him in this.

However, the impressive successes of Ukrainian soldiers near Sumy knocked another strategic "trump card" out of the hands of Putin and Trump.