Russia Ukrainians expect Russian attacks near Zaporizhia

According to the Ukrainian military leadership, Russian troops are preparing for an imminent attack on the large city of Zaporizhia. The military representative responsible for the region, Vladislav Voloshin, speculated on television that this advance was intended, among other things, to cut the supply lines to the eastern defense sections around the Donbass.

"The fact that the so-called counter-battery warfare, the shelling of our positions and the attacks on our lines are continuing alone shows that the situation there is very difficult," he said. Counter-battery warfare refers to artillery fire on recognized enemy artillery positions. There are also heavy air and rocket attacks on this section of the front south of Zaporizhia. "The situation there is quite turbulent."

Russian units have recently conquered further villages and settlements around the Donbass in eastern Ukraine. Moscow has annexed the occupied territories in Ukraine in violation of international law and integrated them into Russia's territory, but does not fully control these regions within its administrative borders.

In the Zaporizhzhya region, Russian troops have occupied the south of the region with the nuclear power plant of the same name, but not the large city itself.