Claims circulated by pro-Kremlin media on 24 Could that Russian forces have captured the village of Yunakivka in Sumy Oblast have been dismissed as unfaithful by the Ukrainian authorities.

Supply: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Army Administration

Quote from Hryhorov: "I’m in fixed communication with the army, I perceive the road of contact and I’ve details about the enemy's doable advance. Claims in regards to the seize of Yunakivka will not be true. Yunakivka is managed by Ukraine."

Particulars: Hryhorov mentioned the Armed Forces of Ukraine and all parts of Ukraine’s defence forces are holding the road and efficiently repelling Russian assaults.

Nonetheless, the scenario within the hromadas bordering Russia stays tense. Russian troops proceed to drop guided aerial bombs and assault the Yunakivka hromada with drones. Two civilians had been lately killed in one of many strikes. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Hryhorov mentioned the Russians are additionally trying to enter the oblast with small assault teams from the Khotin and Yunakivka hromadas, however the Ukrainian army is destroying them on the outskirts, stopping them from advancing deeper into the area.

Hryhorov has urged native residents to belief solely official sources of data and promised to maintain them up to date on any adjustments within the safety scenario.

Background: On 24 Could, the Kremlin-aligned information company TASS claimed that Russian troops had entered the village of Yunakivka in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, including that Ukraine had deployed forces to Russia’s Kursk Oblast from this village.

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