MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/. Russian troops have liberated the villages of Tikhoye and Otradnoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region and Petrovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Units of Battlegroup South, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Petrovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic. <...> Units of Battlegroup East, as a result of active offensive actions, liberated the villages of Tikhoye and Otradnoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region," the report said.

The Ukrainian army made seven attempts to unblock their troops encircled in Krasnoarmeysk from the village of Grishino in the past 24 hours, all of which were repelled by the Russian military.

"Seven attacks by the 425th assault regiment, the 32nd mechanized brigade, and the 95th airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian army from the area of the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic were repelled with the aim of unblocking the encircled group of Ukrainian forces," according to the report.

Battlegroup Center continues to destroy the encircled Ukrainian formations in Krasnoarmeysk, and it is also clearing the village of Rovnoye, the ministry added.