Ministry of Defense: Since September 6, the Armed Forces have liberated 388 settlements in the Kharkiv region

Since September 6, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated 388 settlements in the Kharkiv region, which is approximately 8,500 square kilometers.

Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar provided the data on September 14.

Now, in total, the front line is 2,500 km, of which 1,300 km are active combat operations.

The figures regarding the liberated territories are constantly updated, because the process is dynamic. In addition, the liberated territories still need additional measures to make it safe to live there. Therefore, official notifications about the number of liberated settlements are deliberately provided late, because they may or may not take into account "stabilization measures".

• On September 14, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi arrived in the liberated city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region. There, together with Ukrainian paratroopers, they raised the Ukrainian flag.
• On September 10, the Ministry of Defense of Russia actually recognized the loss of the towns of Izyum and Balaklia in the Kharkiv region, but called it an "operation to roll back and transfer troops." The purpose of this "collapse" is to transfer the troops to the Donetsk direction.
• The government allocated 400 million hryvnias from the budget reserve fund for priority works in the de-occupied territories of Kharkiv region.