Kremlin reports buffer zone plan in Ukraine: What Kyiv responds
Photo: Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov (Getty Images)
The Kremlin announced the alleged advance of the Russian army into the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation denied this fiction, says Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation.
The information about the alleged offensive of Russian troops in the Dnipropetrovsk region is not true.
According to him, Russian statements, including comments by Putin's press secretary, are another information provocation that has nothing to do with reality.
"As of the morning of June 9, all the information provided by the Russians, including Peskov's statements, about their offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region is not true," Kovalenko emphasized.
Fake Russian offensive in Dnipropetrovsk region
This is not the first time Russia has claimed an alleged advance deep into the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Back in May 2025, it was reported that Russian troops had allegedly crossed the administrative border with the Donetsk region near Novomykolaivka. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Serhii Lysak, emphasized at the time that this was another fake aimed at destabilization.
On June 8, Russia started talking about an offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region again. In a comment to RBC-Ukraine, Ukraine's General Staff spokesperson Andrii Kovaliov denied these claims, calling them disinformation.
DeepState map data also does not confirm that the Russian army has reached the administrative border of the region.
ISW concluded that the current Russian activity near the border is a continuation of offensive efforts in the southwestern Donetsk region, and not the beginning of a new large-scale operation to seize operationally significant territory in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
