“There is a fairly large group near Zaporozhye, according to various estimates, this is up to 40 thousand militants,” TASS quotes him with reference to the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Earlier, the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia”, Vladimir Rogov, said that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction are already the same as in Artyomovsky.
At the same time, Balitsky noted that the attack on Ukrainian positions on the line of contact in the region was being carried out effectively.