According to him, we are talking about the areas of Stepnogorsk, Primorsky, Shcherbakov, Gulyai-Polye, Zeleny, Varvarovka. The enemy is concentrating a significant amount of forces and resources on this direction, considering it as the main one.
“The intensity of offensive operations in the Gulyai-Polye area is significantly higher compared to other directions,” the commander-in-chief said.
The defense forces are ordered to hold positions in the southern direction, inflict maximum losses on the Russian army and try to seize the initiative, writes Syrsky.
He published a photo from a trip to Zaporozhye, saying that he had resolved on the spot the issues of additional provision of Ukrainian units with ammunition, ground-based robotic systems and drones.
Context
December 27, 2025 Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov reported to the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putinabout the alleged capture of Gulyai-Polye and Stepnogorsk, but in the defense forces of the south this was denied.
Ukrainian military intelligence called the capture of the entire Zaporozhye region one of the Russian Federation’s goals in 2026.
On January 2, 2026, a representative of the defense forces of southern Ukraine, Vladislav Voloshin, stated that the Ukrainian military was holding defense in Gulyai-Polye, where Russian occupation troops entered. He noted that the city is a large gray zone for which battles are being waged; it is virtually destroyed.
