Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed on Sunday that its forces had captured the village of Basivka in Sumy Oblast, however Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service and Ukrainska Pravda sources don’t verify this info.
Supply: Russian Defence Ministry; Russian information company TASS, citing Russian navy; Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service, in a remark to Ukrainska Pravda; Ukrainska Pravda sources
Particulars: On the afternoon of 6 April, Russia’s Defence Ministry acknowledged that items of the so-called North group of Russian occupation forces had allegedly seized the settlement of Basivka in Sumy Oblast.
The Russian state information company TASS, citing the Russian navy, additionally claimed that the seize of Basivka would disrupt the provision of Ukrainian forces that stay in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
Nevertheless, Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service, advised Ukrainska Pravda that the Russians "proceed their disinformation marketing campaign concerning the seize of settlements in Sumy Oblast or breakthroughs of the border".
Quote from Demchenko: "On the similar time, the enemy additionally continues its tactic of utilizing small assault teams that try to cross our border, construct up, and develop the zone of combating inside Ukrainian territory. That is significantly noticed within the path of Novenke–Basivka. These small assault teams are being systematically destroyed by Ukraine’s defence forces."
Particulars: Two sources from completely different defence items advised Ukrainska Pravda that the village of Basivka has been levelled by Russian guided aerial bombs and is at the moment in a "gray zone". On the DeepState map, it’s also marked as a "gray zone". [A grey zone refers to territory where neither side has full control and active combat may be ongoing. – ed.]
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