# Over 50 settlements liberated by Russian forces in September, TASS calculates

https://mins.news/en/item/81035

- TASS, 2026-09-30 21:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2195335

> Russian forces liberated 52 settlements in the zone of the special military operation in September, according to TASS calculations based on Russian Defense Ministry data. The ministry said 27 of them were in the Kharkov Region, slightly more than half the total.

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