Zelensky announced the liberation of eight settlements in the Russian-occupied Kherson region

The Ukrainian military liberated eight more settlements in the Kherson region occupied by Russian troops. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in a video message following the results of the 223rd day of the war.

“The settlements of Lyubimovka, Kreshchenovka, Zolotaya Balka, Belyaevka, Ukrainka, Bolshaya and Malaya Aleksandrovka and Davydov Brod have been liberated from the occupier and stabilized. And this is far from a complete list. Our warriors do not stop. And it is only a matter of time before we drive out the occupier from all our land,” the President said.

In addition to settlements in the Kherson region, cities and villages in Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk regions were exempted from the “Russian pseudo-referendum” this week, Zelensky said. According to him, we are talking about dozens of liberated settlements.

The President also said that the Ukrainian army continues to “quickly and powerfully” advance in the south of the country.

• On October 4, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko announced that 1,534 settlements in Donetsk, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Kherson regions had already been liberated. In turn, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yevgeny Enin said that 50 settlements were liberated only in the Kherson region.
• On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry showed a map of hostilities in Ukraine, from which it follows that the front line in the Kherson region has shifted to the south by about 30 kilometers.