Analysts of the DeepState monitoring portal spread the absurd statements of Russian officials about the alleged 28 lost settlements in Kurshchyna during the offensive of the Armed Forces.
Points of attention
- Analysts have debunked Russia's false information about 28 lost settlements in Kurshchyna, revealing a much higher actual number of around 44 liberated settlements.
- The Ukrainian military has taken control of new settlements in Kurshchyna after clearing them from Russian forces, with uncertainty remaining over the status of at least 10 more settlements.
- Warnings from Ukrainian authorities about potential Russian propaganda attempts to fabricate war crimes in the Kursk region highlight the ongoing disinformation tactics employed by Russian special services.
- Recent events in the Kursk region, such as the Ukrainian military taking control of villages and removing Russian flags, underscore the volatile situation and the need to address misinformation circulating in the area.
- Andriy Kovalenko from the Center for Countering Disinformation cautioned that Russian propaganda may intensify efforts to create false narratives of war crimes in the Kursk region, mirroring tactics used in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
How many settlements did Russia actually lose in the Kursk region?
According to our calculations, approximately 44 settlements were liberated, - DeepState analysts emphasize.
They emphasized that the status of at least 10 more settlements in Kurshchyna remains uncertain.
According to the creators of DeepState, almost no one knows the real number of settlements in the Kursk region that Russia has lost.
But there were villages near which Ukrainian defenders took photos, but did not establish control over them.
What is happening in the Kursk region
In particular, the Ukrainian military took control of the village of Dar'yno in the Kursk region.
The corresponding video was published by the 225th separate assault battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the video, Ukrainian soldiers tear down the Russian tricolor from the administrative building after cleaning.
Daria. Fighters of the 225th OSHB remove the rag from the administrative building after cleaning, - says the post to the publication.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Center for Countering Disinformation warn that Russian propaganda is spreading a new IPSO about alleged war crimes by the Ukrainian military in the territories taken under control in the Kursk region.
In the near future, the Russian special services may resort to staging crimes, in particular against the civilian population of the Kursk region, in order to later accuse the Ukrainian side of committing them, the SBU warns.
At the same time, the head of the CPD Andriy Kovalenko clarified that the Russians are already spreading fakes about the alleged killing of civilians by the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region, looting and more.
Russian propaganda will make great efforts to use fakes to create scenes of alleged war crimes in Suja and other places in the Kursk region, Kovalenko emphasized.
According to him, the Russians will try to stage or commit crimes in the Kursk region that they committed in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine in order to blame the Ukrainians.
