❗Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, September 23:

▪Russian forces established control over the settlements of Krasny Yar and Potikhonovo in the Kharkov Region

▪Russian troops hit logistics centers, fuel depots and energy facilities used by the Ukrainian army over the past day

▪The Black Sea Fleet aviation destroyed three Ukrainian uncrewed boats in 24 hours

▪Russia's Battlegroup North continues tightening the Kharkov Region encirclement, expanding its outer control zone

▪Russian forces expanded the outer encirclement ring in the northwestern part of the Dobropolye town

▪Russian troops continued destroying Ukrainian troops encircled in the western and eastern parts of Dobropolye

▪Russian forces cleared 158 buildings near Dobropolye and eliminated over 40 Ukrainian troops over the past day

▪Russian troops thwarted three Ukrainian attempts to break out of the encirclement near the Svyatogorovka community in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)

▪Battlegroup North thwarted the enemy's attempt to break out of the encirclement near the settlement of Chornoye in the Kharkov Region

▪Battlegroup North is engaged in active combat operations in the areas around the settlements of Petropavlovka, Lozovaya and Prikolotnoye in the Kharkov Region

▪Ukraine lost over 35 troops in the Kharkov Region encirclement in 24 hours

▪Kiev lost around 1,380 troops in the special military operation zone over the past day

▪Russian air defense forces shot down 868 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the past day