Ukraine's southern forces deny counteroffensive rumors fueled by Russian maps
Photo: Ukrainian soldiers on the front line (Getty Images)
Russian war correspondents reported an alleged counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. The Southern Defense Forces refuted these reports and explained the real situation on the front line.
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According to Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces, if you compare the maps spread by Russian propagandists with the official data of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, you can see important differences.
The Russian side claims that their troops have allegedly almost reached Pokrovske in the Dnipropetrovsk region, but the real situation on the front line does not confirm this.
Voloshyn explained that the Russians are carrying out infiltration operations — small attempts to penetrate, which they later present as alleged captures of settlements.
As an example, he cited the Russian statements about the “capture” of Ternuvate, although the actual line of combat is at least 10–15 kilometers away.
“They were there for a few hours, after which they were destroyed by our military,” the spokesman said.
He added that a video of the destruction of enemy groups near the sign of the settlement of Ternuvate was published on the official pages of the Southern Defense Forces.
Voloshyn stressed that the Russians are deliberately drawing a distorted line of combat engagement in an attempt to justify their previous false statements by spreading fabrications about an alleged Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Photo: Map spread by Russians
“We, in turn, are indeed conducting reconnaissance and search operations — up to two dozen every day — to detect their infiltration and sabotage groups. We have conducted sweeps everywhere (in the area of those settlements where the Russians claim ‘counteroffensive’ has begun, — ed.),” he explained.
As the spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces summed up, “from a military point of view, these actions are not a counteroffensive.”
Photo: Map from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Defense Forces recently cleared the settlement of Ternuvate, located in the Zaporizhzhia region. The village is under Ukrainian control.
The Ukrainian military also drove the enemy out of the village of Chuhunivka in the Kharkiv region, raised the national flag, and took Russian soldiers prisoner.
