The Ukrainian authorities have denied a number of Russian media that the Russians have seized the border village of Ryzhivka in Sumy region.
On the evening of June 9, Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov declared the alleged occupation of the settlement by Russian troops. His statement was spread by Russian military and Russian media telegrams.
On Monday, the information on the capture of the village was denied by the NSDC and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as the head of the Belopil community of Sumy region, which includes Ryzhivka.
Ryzhivka lies in the "gray" of the front area, opposite the Russian village of Totkino in the Kursk region. Russian volunteers who are fighting on the side of Ukraine have repeatedly tried to enter the territory of Totkino from Ukraine.
The head of Chechnya late on the evening of June 9 published a post in a telegram stating that the Akhmat-Chechnya Regiment, with a joint operation with other Russian military units, "dismissed" in three days the settlement of Ryzhivka in Sumy region.
"The soldiers of the Akhmat-Chechnya Regiment under the leadership of Aslabek Saliyev, together with other servicemen, carried out tactical actions and released the next village from the enemy. It is the village of Ryzhivka, which is located on the border with the Kursk region,"-said in the message.
Kadyrov also posted a video, claiming that it was shot in Ryzhivka and stated that "the Ukrainian side suffered significant losses during large -scale planned offensive actions."
Information on combat clashes in the border settlement was also distributed by the propaganda channels of Russian military warriors.
However, these reports did not talk about the capture of Ryzhivka, but about the penetration of the Russian DRG.
About the "raid of units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the settlement of Ryzhivka of Sumy region" he wrote a telegram-channel "Military Oswemiter".
Commenting on the published video, the blogger writes that it shows "mortar and artillery strikes, FPV-Dron strikes on Ukrainian soldiers in the village, and the promotion of the Russian DRG, which removed the frames near the building of the local library in the east of the village."
On Monday, the head of the Belopil community, Yuri Zarko, said that the information provided by Kadyrov was not true. He emphasized in a comment for the public that the Russian military in Ryzhivka in Sumy region.
According to the Deputy Mayor of Bilopillya, Vladimir Vidyev, as of May 22, 2024, only seven people remained in Ryzhivka.
The situation in Ryzhivka was commented on Monday by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, stating that there were no active actions in Sumy "yet" and the Russian military tried to "feel the defense".
"This is not the beginning of the same in Kharkiv region. The Russians tried to feel the defense in the direction of Rizhivka, which is a" satellite "of Russian Totkin. There is no active action in the border.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said that the Ukrainian forces are fully controling the situation in the Sumy region. He explained that the clash in Ryzhivka was an attempt by sabotage.
"The Russian sabotage groups remain active, but they will be liquidated and will continue to fight them decisively. In the village of Ryzhivka, the occupiers attempted the propaganda surgery. As of the morning, the Russian flag was destroyed, the enemy in the village is not," the President said on the network.
The Russian edition of the Agency, referring to the Ukrainian OSINT Project "Cyberbos", wrote that only the last fragment was filmed in Ryzhivka, published by Rizan Kadirov,
"If you call the admiration of the village - they jumped, removed the video and jumped back, because something is flying, well.
Deepstate analysts also emphasized that since 2022 the situation in Rizhivka has not changed. The village is in fact a "gray zone", Russian DRG regularly came to it.
The village of Ryzhivka, located in the Sumy region, is only 2 kilometers from the Kursk region of Russia and borders with the Russian village of Totkino.
Being at such a small distance from the border, Ryzhivka has even a common street with the Russian Sattleite.
The sabotage groups belonging to the Legion "Freedom of Russia", the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion and are fighting on the side of Ukraine, repeatedly penetrated into the territory of Totkino from Ukraine. Governors of Kursk and Belgorod regions have confirmed several times attempts to break through the border and shelling.
In Ryzhivka, it is almost deserted, there is no light and access to the Internet in the village, and the road leading along the Russian border is replaced.
