The Defense Forces denied reports of Russia seizing territory in two regions of Ukraine.

The Defense Forces denied DeepState’s reports regarding the seizure of territories in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions by Russian occupiers.

This was stated in a statement by the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine.

The Defense Forces confirmed that the situation in the Aleksandrovsky, Gulyai-Pole, and Orekhovo directions is tense.

“Over the past 24 hours alone, approximately fifty combat clashes with the enemy have been recorded. However, the settlements mentioned in the report are not under Russian control,” the statement reads.

According to defenders, one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades is currently holding the line near Pavlivka, where fierce fighting continues. Clashes with the enemy are also taking place near Plavnye, which is a gray zone.

The enemy is attempting to penetrate the flank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Primorskoye through the former Kakhovka Reservoir, but the defense forces are destroying it.

“In the area of the village of Uspenovka, the enemy destroyed several positions with fire, so our defenders were forced to retreat deeper into the defense, but the fighting for the village continues,” the Southern Defense Forces noted.

In addition, the Russians, taking advantage of the thick fog in Zaporizhzhia, attempted to bypass the defensive positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but they were destroyed.

“We are constantly conducting search and strike operations in these areas of the front line and destroying enemy sabotage groups. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has lost more than 200 personnel in the South,” the Ukrainian defenders reported.

Earlier, analysts from the DeepState project stated that Russian occupation forces are having some successes on the front in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions .