Ukrainian defenders liberate 1,534 settlements

This was announced by the Deputy Head of the President's Office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

"1,534 settlements have already been de-occupied. In the Donetsk, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions, the restoration of the work of state authorities is underway. More than 502 settlements have been cleared of mines. Ukraine's National Police has resumed work in 1,200 settlements. Local self-government bodies have started working in 1,508 settlements," Tymoshenko said.

In total, 483 settlements were de-occupied in the Kharkiv region alone.

Also, the Deputy Head of the President's Office said that gas supply has now been restored in 1,026 settlements, and electricity and water - in 976 and 966, respectively.