# Russian troops claim to have taken 13 communities in Ukraine over a week

https://mins.news/en/item/112681

- TASS, 2026-10-23 12:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2206899

> Russia’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces took control of 13 communities in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye Regions and the Donetsk People’s Republic between October 17 and 23. It also said the forces carried out three massive and 11 combined strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial, logistics, energy, transport and port facilities.

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