The Russian Ministry of Defense announced in a statement today, Friday, that Russian armed forces captured four towns and launched five joint strikes against Ukrainian armed forces positions during the past week.
The ministry stated, as reported by the Russian news agency Sputnik: "Over the past 24 hours, the town of Lesnoy in the Dnipropetrovsk region was liberated."
It added: "Over the past 24 hours, units of the Russian 'Center' forces liberated the town of Novobedgorodnoy in the Dnipropetrovsk region."
It continued: "Over the past 24 hours, the towns of Podarki and Karaychnoy in the Kharkiv region were liberated."




