Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi speaks with lawmakers during a parliament session in Kyiv, Ukraine November 19, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Tuesday that the army's situation has "significantly worsened" in parts of southeastern Zaporizhzhia region amid fierce fighting with Russian forces.

"The situation has significantly worsened in the Oleksandrivka and Huliapole directions, where, using its numerical superiority in personnel and materiel, the enemy advanced in fierce fighting and captured three settlements," Syrskyi wrote on Telegram.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksandr Kozhukhar)