Russian propagandists are spreading false information about the capture of Synkivka village by the Russian army.

The information that the Russian army captured the village, which is located 5 kilometers from the Kupyansk, is false. The head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, told this on the air of United News.

Synkivka in Kharkiv Oblast / Map: deepstatemap.live

“Active hostilities continue in the Kupyansk direction. The adversary is now actively spreading fakes in the information space that they have allegedly captured some territories in the Kharkiv region. All these reports are false. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have not lost a single settlement,” the statement reads.

Syniehubov also emphasized that all attempts by Russians to assault Ukrainian positions are fiercely repelled, they suffer significant losses and return to their previous positions.

As a reminder, on August 21, the Center for Countering Disinformation also denied information about the capture of the village of Synkivka in Kupiansk district by Russians. Propagandists published footage from the allegedly “liberated” Synkivka, which, according to the Center for Countering Disinformation, was actually old photos of Voronove, near Sievierodonetsk.

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Constant missile attacks and empty streets: how Kupyansk lives on the front line. This city in Kharkiv Oblast is 10-15 km/ 6–9 miles from the front line and 40 km/ 25 miles from the border with Russia. The city was severely damaged at the beginning of the full-scale invasion and during the battle for its liberation in September 2022. Today, it is constantly under fire from Russian MLRS and S-300 systems.

The ISW confirmed a slight Russian army advance in the Kupiansk direction. The latest Institute for the Study of War notes that Russian troops have occupied a line from Synkivka to Petropavlivka that stretches 7-8 km from Kupiansk — and plan to move deeper further west.