The head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Oleksandr Starukh explained the recent statement of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine about the preparation by the occupying forces of the Russian Federation of an attack on Zaporozhye.

Starukh recalled that part of the region is under Russian occupation, the war continues, and there is always a threat of an offensive.

The head of the UVA also emphasized that the statement dealt with the threat of an offensive in the Zaporozhye direction and in the Velyka Novoselka area - this is the border of the Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions.

If the invaders decide to attack the regional center, the city is ready for this..

“If they want to get in the teeth, then let them come. But so far we do not see large concentrations that would allow the enemy to break through our defensive lines. These are hundreds of kilometers of trenches, hundreds of strongholds, this is a whole range of works to protect the unoccupied territory,” he added..

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Earlier, the Minister for Reintegration of the WTO, Irina Vereshchuk, called on residents of Zaporizhia and Kherson regions to evacuate as quickly as possible by all available means.. According to Vereshchuk, the battles for the de-occupation of Ukrainian territories will be difficult, the Russian invaders will try to hide behind civilians as a human shield..