Russian commander tells Putin how his forces repelled Ukrainian attack - TASS

A senior Russian commander on Thursday briefed President Vladimir Putin on how his forces had repelled a large-scale Ukrainian attack in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, the TASS news agency reported.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said earlier on Thursday that Russian forces had withstood fierce overnight attempts by Ukrainian troops to break through the frontline in Zaporizhzhia and had inflicted heavy losses on them.

The Russian defence ministry on Thursday evening released a video clip of an interview in which a commander called Colonel General Alexander Romanchuk was seen explaining how Russian forces had held off the Ukrainian forces in Zaporizhzhia.