{"id":3614,"date":"2025-10-29T14:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:02:07","slug":"putin-claims-ukrainian-forces-surrounded-pokrovsk-kupiansk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/putin-claims-ukrainian-forces-surrounded-pokrovsk-kupiansk\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin says Ukrainian Armed Forces \u00abencircled\u00bb near Pokrovsk and Kupyansk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Putin says Ukrainian forces are surrounded in Pokrovsk and Kupiansk - Kremlin's propaganda statement<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"840\" data-end=\"1114\">During one of his speeches, the Russian dictator <strong data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"905\">Vladimir Putin<\/strong> said. <strong data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"969\">Ukrainian troops are allegedly surrounded<\/strong> in the areas of <strong data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1008\">Pokrovska and Kupianska<\/strong>, and the Russian side is ready to \u00aballow journalists - including Ukrainian and Western ones - to enter the cordoned-off zone\u00bb.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1252\">\n<p data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1252\">\u00abThe enemy is blocked and surrounded. We don't mind the media, including Ukrainian ones, having a look at the scene,\u00bb Putin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1299\">The Ukrainian side does not confirm the statement<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1613\">As of now <strong data-start=\"1317\" data-end=\"1384\">Ukraine's official sources did not confirm the information about the cordon<\/strong> any units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in these areas.<br data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1435\" \/>Analysts suggest that such statements may be part of <strong data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1542\">Information and psychological operations (IPO)<\/strong> Kremlin's efforts to destabilise public opinion in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1615\" data-end=\"1629\">Context.<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1631\" data-end=\"2013\">\n<li data-start=\"1631\" data-end=\"1722\">\n<p data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1722\">Pokrovsk and Kupiansk are the areas where the <strong data-start=\"1683\" data-end=\"1719\">high intensity of hostilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1723\" data-end=\"1896\">\n<p data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1896\">Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in these areas the enemy is trying to <strong data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1823\">move forward in small groups<\/strong>, using aircraft and armoured vehicles, but <strong data-start=\"1869\" data-end=\"1893\">without significant success<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"2013\">\n<p data-start=\"1899\" data-end=\"2013\">Statements about the \u00abencirclement\u00bb of Ukrainian forces regularly appear in the Russian media without confirmation from independent sources.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0432 \u041f\u043e\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0443 \u0442\u0430 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