[11] On 2 April, it was reported that the Russian army maintained a corridor in Konotop Raion through which equipment from Kyiv and Chernihiv could be withdrawn to Russia.[12] On 3 April, Ukrainian MP Olexander Kachura [uk] stated on Twitter that all Russian forces had left Konotop Raion.[19][20][21] On March 4, after negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, Romny was selected as a humanitarian corridor for civilians fleeing Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv oblasts.[26] Later that evening, in the village of Skrypali in Romny raion, Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian column, and killed an unspecified number of soldiers.[28] On March 11, Vashchenko reported that Ukrainian forces unblocked the road between Romny and Lokhvytsia, allowing civilians to flee southwards.That morning near Romny, police and Ukrainian TDF discovered and detained 29 Russian soldiers in a field, all of whom claimed to be lost.[35][36] According to residents, there was no Ukrainian military presence in Boromlia at the time, and the airstrikes caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure: towns, shops, and a school.[41][42][43] However, the offensive quickly began to stall due to Ukrainian resistance west and southwest of Trostianets, and the detonation of a bridge south of the city.[41][42] Separatist militiamen from Donetsk and Luhansk arrived in the city following a mid-March troop rotation,[41][43] and the presence of contingents of Buryat and South Ossetian fighters has also been reported.[46][47] During the occupation, Ukrainian police officers remained in the city incognito, supporting both local civilians and partisan forces operating in the area.[44] The Russian occupying force allegedly engaged in widespread looting,[41][42][48] and Guardian journalists found evidence of torture and summary executions in the city.[44] According to residents, two civilians were also killed in the neighboring village of Bilka, Okhtyrka Raion [uk], which the Russians occupied on 2 March.[41] After combat and shelling around the outskirts of the city, Russian troops largely withdrew overnight before the arrival of Ukrainian forces.According to the Head of the Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, they finally managed to reach an agreement about Lebedyn, which had no electricity or communication at that point.From the city the column moved through Shtepivka, Nedryhailiv, Korovyntsi, Romny, Andriiashivka and further to Poltava Oblast through Lokhvytsia to Lubny.
The destroyed railway station "Trostianets-Smorodino"