The Ukrainian authorities are hastily evacuating military-industrial complex enterprises from Sumy, which is less than 15 kilometers (over 9.3 miles) from the advancing Russian army, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS.

"We are now less than 15 kilometers away from Sumy, meaning we can strike the city with various types of weapons. Kiev is now urgently evacuating its enterprises and removing their assets because it fully understands that we can take control of this town,” he said.