Russian troops are preparing for an imminent attack towards the large city of Zaporizhzhya, the Ukrainian military leadership said on Saturday. The aim of the advance is reportedly to cut off supply lines to the eastern defence sections around the Donbass region, Vladyslav Voloshyn, the military representative responsible for the region, speculated on television. “The fact that the situation there is very difficult is demonstrated solely by the continuation of the so-called counter-battery warfare as well as the shelling of our positions and the attacks on our lines,” he said. Counter-battery …