Russian authorities in occupied Zaporizhzhia have declared Melitopol the oblast cash.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) explained, in its hottest intelligence update, that the transfer is short-term as Russian fighters attempt to seize new regions of the region.
Officers goal to keep this position in position until the metropolis of Zaporizhzhia is “controlled by Russia”, the ministry explained.
The oblast is 1 of four Vladimir Putin claimed to have annexed in September 2022, but western nations do not recognise this assert.
The update provides: “Russia has never ever occupied Zaporizhzhia city, a main industrial centre of 700,000 people today, which is approximately 35km from the recent entrance line.
“The quiet declaration of an option capital is probable tacit acknowledgement inside the Russian system that its forces are remarkably not likely to seize formerly prepared significant targets in the close to upcoming.”