Simferopol (Russia), March 5 (Sputnik) from Ukraine to join Russia.
“About 3,500 Ukrainian fighters trained in Britain arrived in the city of Zaporizhye in recent days,” Vladimir Rogov, a member of the provincial government, Vladimir Rogov, leader of the “Together with Russia” movement, told Sputnik.
The official added that those forces had been training on British soil for about four weeks.
Vladimir Rogov, a member of the district administration, told Sputnik on Sunday that the Ukrainian military is planning to attack the Zaporizhia region to reach the coast of the Sea of Azov.
The Ukrainian authorities “are forming a strike group for an offensive in the south; it is about preparing a spring offensive against the liberated part of the Zaporizhia region in order to reach the coast of the Sea of Azov,” Rogov addressed.
According to the officer, the goal of the Ukrainian forces is to “cut off the land corridor to Crimea.”
He added that the strike group already has about 12,000 soldiers.
Zaporizhia province seceded from Ukraine and joined Russia at the end of last September, after a referendum in which the “yes” vote won by an overwhelming majority.
Currently, Russia controls more than 70 percent of its territory; The main city, Zaporizhzhia, was still in the hands of the Ukrainians, so the authorities declared Melitopol as a political and administrative center. (Sputnik)
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