Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with local authorities and commanded the situation in the region.
Approximately 60% of the territory of the Zaporozhye region is temporarily occupied by Russian troops, and fighting continues in parts. The head of the region Oleksandr Starukh reported this to President Volodymyr Zelensky at a meeting in Zaporozhye, the president’s press service reported.
According to the governor, 77 communities of the Zaporozhye region have been de-energized due to the fighting, the enemy has destroyed 2,701 infrastructure facilities, of which nearly 700 have been restored to date.
Despite this, Starukh said, the region continues to receive people displaced from Mariupol and the Kherson region.
In this regard, the head of state ordered the leadership of the Zaporozhye region to provide all necessary assistance to those who fled from the temporarily occupied territories.
We added that on the trip to Zaporozhye, Zelensky visited a sanatorium-dispensary, where Ukrainians were placed, forced to leave their homes because of Russia’s armed aggression, and talked to migrants.
The President expressed his belief that people forced to leave their cities would definitely go home, and stressed that all Ukrainians who have lost their homes should receive comfortable housing.
As reported, on a working trip to the Zaporozhye region, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also visited advanced military positions.
During the visit of the head of state, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft in the region, near the city of Orekhov.
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Source: korrespondent
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