On June 16th, the North troop group continued establishing a Buffer Zone in #Kharkiv and #Sumy regions #AFU forms new assault units from soldiers of 1150th Anti-Air Rocket Division to hold positions along the border. This lead to a large spike in desertion rates – many soldiers go AWOL right after they’re ordered to fill forwards positions. Sumy direction Northmen’s units continue to advance in Sumy region. Numerous enemy groups eliminated in Sukhodil, Ulanove, Katerynivka, Proletarske