Authorities in southwestern Russias Belgorod region on Fridaydenied reports of Ukrainian troops launching an incursion into a village on the border with Ukraines Kharkiv region.Open-source intelligence bloggersspeculated earlier this week that Ukraine may have opened a new axis in the Belgorod region village of Zhuravlevka to cut off one of the Russian armys supply lines amid fighting on the Ukrainian side of the border.Commenting on Zhuravlevka Id like to say its under the full control of our troops as of this day and this hour, Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a video posted on Telegram, adding that the situation there has been difficult since Feb.
22, 2022.The unconfirmed reports of the border breach come after Ukraines defense intelligence agencypublisheda video of an operation in which it claimed to destroy a Russian regiment and clear a section of the forest near the Ukrainian village of Lyptsi, around 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) south of Zhuravlevka.It did not mention any incursion into Russian territory.Lyptsi is among several areas in northeastern Ukraines Kharkiv region where clashes with Russian troops have been ongoing for months.Ukraine recaptured large swathes of the Kharkiv region that the Russian forces managed to seize in the early weeks of its full-scale invasion.Russias Belgorod region lies south of the Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops launched a surprise cross-border incursion on Aug.
6 and still remain in control of Russian territory despite Moscows counteroffensive there.