Ukrainian military. Archival photoMOSCOW, Sept. 13Kyiv is concentrating a huge number of troops and equipment along the entire line of contact in the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the region's administration, said on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
" There was a transfer of (Ukrainian) troops all day today. <…> The accumulation of forces is simply colossal, since the beginning of the special operation there has not been such a large number of army, weapons, Zelensky’s militants on the line of contact in the Zaporozhye region,» he stressed.
Despite this, the situation remains under control, evacuation from nearby settlements points are not carried out, the representative of the administration said on air of RBC. According to him, Russian troops «are more than determined to meet Zelensky's militants.» 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, water again flows to the peninsula.