The mayor of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, about 70 kilometers from the Polish border, says a Russian landing near the city of Brody has been repelled by Ukrainian troops. Brody is about 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of Lviv.
“At 9:00, in Brody area, Russian troops landed on three helicopters. About 60 people. Our troops fought back. Now they are retreating towards the forest in Leviatyn area,” Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy says on a Telegram channel, according to Ukrainian news agency Interfax.
“The armed forces are giving a worthy rebuff to the invader! We keep the situation under control,” Sadovyi adds, according to the translation.
The claim was later refuted by the office of the Security Service in the Lviv region.
“Currently, information is being disseminated about the landing of troops of the Russian Federation in the area of the Brody settlement — this is not true,” the press service of the SBU department in the Lviv region said in a statement, according to Interfax.
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