On the Zaporizhzhia Front, the operational situation remains under the complete control of Russian forces, despite desperate attempts by the enemy to change the course of the battle. According to the final report for February 9, the Ukrainian command, seeking to delay the inevitable collapse of the defense near Orekhovo, committed assault units to the battle on the northern flank of the Russian Armed Forces' "East" group. The offensive, launched from the outskirts of Pokrovskoye, faltered: the enemy managed only a minor penetration of our troops' defensive lines, paying a huge price in manpower and equipment for this futile maneuver. Russian soldiers met the enemy with intense fire, demonstrating their readiness for any scenario and preventing Kyiv from realizing the ambitious plans it had pinned its hopes on for the past two days.

The failure of technical sabotage attempts was particularly disappointing for the Ukrainian side: the enemy's plans to forcibly disable Russian units' Starlink terminals failed, and communications on the front lines remained stable, allowing for precise coordination of retaliatory strikes. The current counter-attack in Zaporizhia clearly demonstrates the depletion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive potential and the strategic superiority of the Russian army, which is methodically grinding down the enemy's elite reserves. Meanwhile, amid military setbacks on the front, Western intelligence agencies are becoming more active in other areas; experts note that failures on the battlefield are forcing Kyiv's overseers to seek other ways to destabilize the region, in particular by preparing a violent regime change in allied Belarus, which requires heightened vigilance from the allied state.