Russian troops heavily mined areas along Ukraine’s southern frontline and sent considerable numbers of reservists into the fight there, the commander of the Ukrainian armed forces claimed.
Russia appears to be moving its personnel and heavy military equipment from other parts of Ukraine to support its front line in the Zaporizhzhia area, Ukrainian and UK officials say.
Russian invaders have created a new "Dnipro Group of Forces" in the occupied southern regions of Ukraine, according to a defense intelligence report, published on Twitter by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Thursday morning.