# Battlegroup North took about 100 sq km in Kharkov Region last week — expert

https://mins.news/en/item/67111

- TASS, 2026-09-21 09:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2190535

> Military expert Andrey Marochko said Russia’s Battlegroup North took control of about 100 square kilometers in the Kharkov Region over the past week. He said Russian forces also seized 10 settlements across the Kharkov, Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions, while Ukraine’s operational and tactical position on the Kharkov front continued to worsen.

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