Cross-border claims in Sumy: Ukrainian officials push back
Analysts from the DeepState service, which monitors movements on the front, reported that Russian occupiers penetrated approximately 1.6 kilometres into the Sumy Oblast territory near the village of Aleksandria. Andriy Demchenko, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian border guard, asserts in a conversation with Ukrainska Pravda that this is not true.
Overnight, DeepState analysts posted new maps on the website indicating the situation on the Ukrainian front. They reported Russian advances in the Donetsk region and the expulsion of Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region in Russia. Additionally, there was information about the intrusion of Russian forces into the Sumy Oblast, near the village of Aleksandria.
According to DeepState, the Russian army was alleged to have penetrated 2 kilometres into Ukrainian territory.
According to Ukrainska Pravda, this data appeared during the night of December 10th at 12:00 AM EST. Just the day before—December 9th—this territory was under Ukrainian control. However, according to interlocutors from the Ukrainian service among the military fighting in the Kursk region, the Russians crossed the border into Ukraine in the Sumy Oblast near Myropillia almost a month ago.
Border guard denies
The Ukrainian border guard denies these reports. "The positions occupied by the border guard in this section are, of course, not directly along the borderline. I have repeatedly emphasized that maintaining our positions, creating firing posts, and building fortifications are done where feasible and where it's strategic for defence. If we talk about this section, the border units have not recorded any attempts at incursion or military actions in this area," assured Andriy Demchenko, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian border guard.
"Furthermore, this area is characterized by wetlands, which makes it difficult for the enemy to establish a foothold or carry out activities there," he added.
The authorities of the Sumy Oblast labelled the information about the border crossing by the Russians as false and hostile disinformation. "At the moment, the military has no information about changes in the border situation, and the situation is under control," they stated. The authorities also appeal to citizens to trust only official sources of information and not be swayed by the enemy, which seeks to destabilize the situation in the Sumy Oblast."
Source: pravda.com.ua
