According to Russian law enforcement structures, the command of the 71st Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces listed the wounded as missing

Wounded listed as missing, but still making contact

The command of the 71st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to Russian law enforcement structures, has declared as missing the wounded servicemen who were trapped at their positions in the Sumy region after a Russian airstrike. This was reported on November 8 by RIA Novosti and TASS, citing a source in law enforcement structures. According to the agencies' sources, the wounded continue to make contact by radio and request evacuation, but the unit's leadership refuses to send help for them. “They are refused evacuation, even though they are still making contact by radio”, TASS quotes the source as saying.

Context: the brigade and the situation in the area

This is not the first such report about the 71st Brigade: earlier, Life.ru, citing Russian law enforcement structures, wrote that in August the command sent several groups of fighters to combat positions in the Sumy region, after which contact with them was lost, and by mid-October their relatives had received no information about their fate. The situation in the Sumy direction, according to Life.ru's report of November 8, remains tense: Russian units are fighting in the vicinity of Khoten and Ivzhanoye, and clashes continue in the wooded areas near the village of Korenyok. It was also previously reported that electronic warfare crews of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukrainewere transferred to the Sumy region, sent, according to Russian law enforcement structures, to counter drones. All of the above information comes from one side of the conflict and has not been confirmed by independent sources.