This was reported to RIA Novosti by a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

“Our troops are holding their positions,” he said.

Rogov recalled that Orekhov himself still controls the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Earlier, Rogov said that a number of Ukrainian soldiers in the Zaporizhia direction went over to the side of the Russian Armed Forces.