Milay: Ukrainians penetrated Russian defence lines in Zaporizhja

“There are more and more signs that Ukrainian forces have broken the first line of Russian defence along a stretch of the southern front line in the Zaporizhja region and are expanding the scope towards the strategic city of Tokmac”, Milley said.

Now some Russian military bloggers are painting a grim picture of the first-line situation for Moscow forces in southern Ukraine.

In particular, a Russian military blogger said Ukraine's armed forces in the south are advancing towards Novoprocopicka (This confirmed by General Staff on Friday), and they have also launched a parallel offensive in the Verbova area in the east, with heavy artillery support on both points.

Some “war correspondents” Russians are reporting that Ukraine is using aircraft to cover the infantry in advance and dropped additional ammunition into the Mala Tokmacka area.

They also say Russian troops must maintain their positions even for at least a month and a half in order to try to succeed on the rest of the front and change the situation on the battlefield.

The general also said Ukrainian troops had managed to penetrate the main line of defence the Russians had prepared for several months. At the same time, he called it Ukrainian offensive, which has been going on for eight weeks, very slow “”.