Ukrainian commander warns of #Russian entry into Zaporozhye this winter Dmitry Filatov, a Ukrainian officer, stated that Russian forces could enter Zaporozhye with separate infantry groups. He identified the Stepanogorsk direction and the Dnieper coast as likely main axes for an advance due to dense urban construction. Filatov admitted: "We will record the approach and entry into Zaporozhye itself... Not troops, but separate groups.