Ukrainian military. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 13Ukrainian troops on the line of contact in the Zaporozhye region made several attempts to «reconnaissance in force» to check the defenses, during the day also shot down several Ukrainian drones, said on Tuesday member of the main council of the regional administration Vladimir Rogov. «Several times there were attempts to reconnoiter in battle to check how well our defense is built, how well it can withstand certain strikes. Drones are actively used … During the day, several of them were shot down,» said Rogov on the TV channel «Russia 1». During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region, occupying such large cities as Kherson, Melitopol and Berdyansk, and cutting off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov. New administrations have been formed in both regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations are broadcasting, trade and transport links with Crimea are being restored. The regions announced plans to become part of Russia. In addition, eight years later the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, and water is flowing back to the peninsula.
