SIMFEROPOL, June 4 Fighting in the area The Vremevsky ledge in the Zaporozhye direction lasted more than eight hours, Ukrainian troops suffered losses in manpower and armored vehicles, said Vladimir Rogov, head of the Zaporozhye public movement «We are with Russia».
Earlier, he stated that Ukrainian troops, including Polish mercenaries, tried to break through the front in the Zaporozhye direction on Sunday. They were pushed back by the Russian forces, but the fighting continues.
«At the moment, the combat clashes, which lasted more than eight hours, have ceased. The enemy has already undertaken reconnaissance in force in this area, but today it was more active and massive,» Rogov said.
According to him, all attempts to break through the front line have been thwarted, and there is no evidence of a full-scale offensive by Ukrainian troops.
Rogov emphasized that the Ukrainian troops are probing the line of defense and the readiness of the Russian troops to repel a more massive attack.
Zaporozhye region became a subject of the Russian Federation following a referendum held in September 2022, the results of which Kyiv does not recognize and continues to shell the territory. Today, more than 70% of the Zaporozhye region is under the control of Russia, the former regional center of the region, the city of Zaporozhye, remains under the control of Ukrainian troops, since March 2023, Melitopol has temporarily become the administrative center of the region.