Acting governor of the Zaporozhye region, Evgeniy Balitsky, spoke on the Telegram channel about the situation in the Rabotino village area, where intense clashes took place.
Balitsky had previously stated that Rabotino no longer physically existed and that the village was completely destroyed.
The acting governor of the region said that he met with the command of Russian troops in the Zaporozhye direction and received an analysis of the operational situation.
“The enemy is completing the transfer of its units in the Rabotino area, after which we expect a further deterioration of the situation in the Rabotino-Verbovoe area,” he wrote.
September 19 Balitsky statedIt was stated that the third wave of counter-attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces towards Zaporozhye is expected this month.
Vladimir Rogov, formerly head of the popular movement “We are together with Russia” named Rabotino “second Artemovsk”.
He previously served as a reserve general in the Czech army named Ukraine’s mistakes during the counterattack.