Russian Forces Liberate Five Settlements in Key Regions

"Through the coordinated actions of the Zapad Battlegroup, the settlement of Kolesnikovka in the Kharkov region was liberated. Forces of the Tsentr Battlegroup continued advancing into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Voznesenka, Volchenka, and Stepanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of decisive actions by the Vostok Battlegroup, the settlement of Rovnopol in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated," the ministry stated.