MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated 10 communities in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye Regions and the Donetsk People’s Republic over the week of October 18 - 24 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"In the Kharkov direction, Battlegroup North units liberated the settlement of Bologovka in the Kharkov Region through active operations… Over the past week, Battlegroup South units advanced deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlements of Pleshcheyevka and Dronovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic… Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlements of Chunishino, Lenino and Promin in the Donetsk People’s Republic and also Ivanovka in the Dnepropetrovsk Region through active and decisive operations," the ministry said in a statement.
Over the past week, "Battlegroup East units liberated the settlements of Poltavka and Pavlovka in the Zaporozhye Region and Pershotravnevoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region," it said.
Russian troops struck Ukrainian military-industrial, transport and energy sites over the past week, the ministry reported.
"In response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, on October 18-24 the Russian Armed Forces delivered one massive and six combined strikes on enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, transport and energy infrastructure facilities used to support the Ukrainian army’s operations, the sites for the assembly, production, storage and launch of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries," the ministry said.
