NEW UPDATES: Ukraine captures Russian village + new missile strikes & Zelensky denies Bakhmut fall

Ukraine has launched a surprise operation in the Greyvoron border area in the Belgorod region of Russia, near the Ukrainian border, north of Kharkiv.

Thus far Ukraine has reportedly captured 1 Russian border village by the name of Kozinka

+more Russian missiles/drone strikes have been reported in the Ukrainian cities of Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Odessa, Kharkiv, Nikolaiv and more

and Zelensky sdenies that Bakhmut has fallen into Russian hands. The western media supports this strange narrative which is reminiscent of an alternate reality.