Moscows forces are pressing towards two towns in Ukraines Zaporizhzhia area, where fighting intensified today after a number of months of a stagnant front, Russian state media reported Sunday.

Russian-installed official in the region Vladimir Rogov said offensive actions were concentrated around 2 towns: Orikhiv, around 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Ukrainian-controlled regional capital Zaporizhzhia, and Hulyaipole, further east.

The front is mobile, particularly in two instructions: Orikhiv and Hulyaipole, Rogov was estimated as stating by the Ria Novosti news agency.

He said there was active fighting in those areas, according to the firm.

The effort remains in our hands.

In its day-to-day report on Sunday, the Ukrainian army stated more than 15 settlements were affected by artillery fire in Zaporizhzhia.

Previously this week, Rogov announced a local offensive around Orikhiv and stated the Russian army had actually taken control of the town of Lobkove, near the Dnipro river.

He likewise stated today that battling has actually dramatically increased in the southern area.

On Saturday, the Russian army said its soldiers held offending actions in the Zaporizhzhia region and declared to have actually taken more advantageous lines and positions.

The front in southern Ukraine has actually been significantly quieter recently than in the east, with Moscow withdrawing from the significant city of Kherson in November.

Russia declares to have annexed the Zaporizhzhia area together with three other Ukrainian regions, but does not control it in its whole.

While Moscow controls large swathes of the southern part of the region, its main city Zaporizhzhia and northern part did not be up to Russian forces.

Russia has promised to push Ukrainian forces out of them.