MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated 16 communities, including Kupyansk in the Kharkov Region over the week of November 15-21 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"In the Kharkov direction, Battlegroup North units liberated the settlements of Dvurechanskoye and Tsegelnoye in the Kharkov Region through active operations… Battlegroup West units completed the liberation of the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkov Region in active operations and continued destroying Ukrainian armed formations surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River. In addition, they liberated the settlements of Novosyolovka, Stavki, Maslyakovka and Yampol in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Petropavlovka in the Kharkov Region," the ministry said in a statement.
"Battlegroup South units liberated the settlement of Platonovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic through decisive operations… Over the past week, Battlegroup East units continued advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses and completed the liberation of the settlements of Gai, Nechayevka and Radostnoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, and also Yablokovo, Ravnopolye and Vesyoloye in the Zaporozhye Region… Battlegroup Dnepr units liberated the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye Region through active and decisive operations," it said.
