The Russians have significantly intensified their activities and are carrying out an offensive in the Zaporizhzhia direction, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, APA reports, citing Unian.
According to him, the opposing side is focusing primarily on Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Lyman, Novopavlivka, as well as the border areas of the Sumy region.
Syrskyi also stated that the Russian army lost 34,000 personnel during the month of May.