Ukrainian military ridicules Russian claim that its forces captured village deep behind front line in Sumy Oblast

Ukraine's Kursk Group of Forces has said that claims circulated by Russian propagandists that the village of Ivolzhanske in Sumy Oblast was captured are false.

Source: Communications Centre of the Kursk Group of Forces

Details: According to the Ukrainian military, Ivolzhanske remains fully under the control of Ukraine's defence forces and is located deep behind Ukrainian frontline positions.

Quote: "There have been no assault operations or enemy presence in this area. Reports of fighting involving the 71st Brigade are yet another manipulation by Russian staff fantasists, who randomly take the names of Ukrainian units and place them on a map, drawing arrows to depict their 'offensives'."

Details: The Kursk Group of Forces added sarcastically that Russian generals, "tired of taking a beating on their own border", are now moving the front line by "the only means available to them – a keyboard".

"While the enemy is advancing kilometres in the imagination of its officers, the only territory they truly control with confidence is their own news feed," the group said.

Background: On 24 June, Russian forces struck a cinema in central Konotop, Sumy Oblast, with a drone. Four people were injured in the attack, including an 11-year-old child.

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