“The army has consolidated the successes achieved.

Our first line of defense has been moved forward.

Now it is being built, supplemented and formed taking into account the new occupied frontiers, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

He added that in January, as a result of the offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye line of contact, more was achieved in total than a few months before.

This speaks of positive dynamics and "causes very restrained, but optimism," Rogov noted.

Earlier, Rogov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine left the first line of defense on almost the entire line of contact in the Zaporozhye region.

In addition, according to him, the appearance on the Zaporozhye line of contact of the Russian Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems in due quantity became a counterbalance to the American HIMARS, which use the Armed Forces of Ukraine.