Ukraine’s Military Refutes Claims of Russia Taking Village
A military spokesperson said on January 7 that reports of Russia taking the village of Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast were not true. He claimed there had been no “serious clashes” in the area.
Lozova is a village located in Ukraine‘s northeast, near the border with Luhansk Oblast and about 20 miles southwest of the front-line town of Kupiansk.
The crowdsourced war-monitoring website DeepState map shows that Russian troops have taken control of the village. However, it was not possible to verify this claim independently.
A spokesperson for the Khortytsia group of forces said on national television that he couldn’t determine where the information about Lozova’s capture came from. He claimed there were contradictory reports and no information about serious clashes in the area.
DeepState is a widely trusted mapping project with close ties to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. It is one of the most reliable sources of accurate information on territorial changes along the front line.
Ukraine ended 2024 with an unsolved manpower shortage and setbacks in several key battles. Russian units are gaining ground incrementally in Ukraine’s east.
The DeepState map shows Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast as occupied by Russia as of January 6, 2025.
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