Ukrainian forces repel Russian assault on border with Russia’s Kursk Oblast, army says

The 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade repelled an assault of Russian troops close to the village of Zhuravka in Sumy Oblast on the border with Russia's Kursk Oblast, in accordance with the brigade's Jan. 15 assertion.

Sumy Oblast, situated on Ukraine's northeast border with Russia, is topic to each day assaults and is located simply throughout from Russia's Kursk Oblast — the area topic to Ukraine's ongoing incursion.

Russia has amassed troops alongside the border close to Zhuravka and tried to assault the settlement however has up to now failed, in accordance with the brigade. "The enemy is predicted to repeat the actions, as they’ve assets there," the assertion learn.

The 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade didn’t specify when the breakthrough try was made. In the meantime, the crowd-sourced monitoring web site Deep State reported that the depth of the preventing in Kursk Oblast has decreased in latest days in comparison with final week.

Assault actions proceed primarily within the course of Lebedevka-Sverdlikove, and battles are additionally going down to manage the village of Nikolayevo-Darino, in accordance with Deep State.

The Sumy Regional Navy Administration reported on Jan. 14 that the data circulating about Russian troops breaking via the border close to the settlements of Zhuravka and Prokhody was false.

Earlier in December, Deep State stated that Russian forces had superior in Sumy Oblast close to the border village of Oleksandriya.

Sumy Oblast authorities, together with head of the Navy Administration Volodymyr Artyukh, rejected the notion that Russian forces had breached the border, calling the experiences "pretend" and describing them as disinformation.

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