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Ukraine Refutes Chechen Leader's Claim of Seizing Ryzhivka in Sumy Region

Jun 10, 2024, 09:07 AM

The leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, claimed that Russian forces, led by a Chechen-based special forces unit, had seized control of the Ukrainian border village of Ryzhivka. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky refuted these claims, stating that Ukraine fully controls the situation in the Sumy region, where Ryzhivka is located. Zelensky described the Russian claims as a 'propaganda operation' and emphasized that no Russian troops were present in Ryzhivka as of the morning of June 10. The Ukrainian government also confirmed that Russian subversive groups in the Sumy region are being destroyed.