Ukraine's Armed Forces liberate over 500 Kharkiv region settlements

This was announced by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Synyehubov, during the briefing.

He noted that over the past 6 days, Ukraine's Armed Forces liberated 19 settlements in the Kharkiv region. According to him, 1.8% of the territory of the region - 32 settlements - is under occupation.

“The hostilities on the territory of Kharkiv region continue. Our military does not stop and continues to push the enemy out of our territory,” Synyehubov said.

The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration also noted that, together with the military and the authorities, it has equipped and strengthened three echelon defense lines of the region. Their strengthening continues to this day.

In the end, Synyehubov noted that the Russian forces will not be able to do what they did on February 24 again.

“Russia must be punished for everything it has done on the territory of our region. And now we are doing everything so that the enemy no longer has any opportunity to set foot on our land,” he emphasized.

• On October 19, it became known that the police recorded 1,601 Russian war crimes in the de-occupied Kharkiv region.