The Russian military said on Saturday that it made territorial gains in a new offensive in southern Ukraine. “In the Zaporizhzhya region, more favourable lines and positions were taken through attacks by units of the Eastern Military District,” Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in Moscow. According to him, the Russian attacks killed 30 Ukrainians and disabled several military vehicles. The information could not be independently verified. Earlier, Russian military bloggers had reported on an offensive in the Orikhiv and Huliaipole area, where the first Ukrainian defence lines had…