Russian forces spreading false claims of capturing settlements in Zaporizhzhia region – military

Meanwhile, Vozdvyzhivka, Mala Tokmachka and Omelnyk remain under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. Russian positions are about 23 kilometers from Zaporizhzhia, not five kilometers as claimed by the Russian military command. Anastasiia Shevchenko, Deputy Spokesperson for the Operation Task Force South, said this in a comment to an Ukrinform correspondent. “Russian claims of significant advances in the Zaporizhzhia region have practically become a meme. The enemy regularly reports to their senior military command that they have supposedly captured settlements and achieved battlefield successes, but the actual situation is entirely different,” she said.