Names of 7 settlements liberated in Luhansk Oblast made public

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SUNDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2022, 16:04

Sergii Haidai, the Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, has named 7 settlements that were recently liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Luhansk Oblast.

Source: Haidai on Telegram

Quote: "At the moment, seven following settlements are fully controlled by Ukraine:

• the village of Novoliubivka of the Krasnorichensk village hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.] in the Svatove district;
• the village of Nevske of the Krasnorichensk village hromada in the Svatove district;
• the village of Hrekivka of the Krasnorichensk village hromada in the Svatove district;
• the village of Novoiehorivka of the Kolomyichykha village hromada in the Svatove district;
• the village of Nadiia of the Kolomyichykha village hromada in the Svatove district;
• the village of Andriivka of the Kolomyichykha village hromada in the Svatove district;
• the village of Stelmakhivka of the Kolomyichykha village hromada in the Svatove district".

Details: Haidai reported that the village of Hrekivka had been the first settlement to be liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Luhansk Oblast.

"Despite the resonance in the Internet community, we did not report on liberating this settlement from the occupiers right away. At that time, stabilising measures were still ongoing, like in other villages where our troops entered", Haidai explained.

Background: On 7 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that this week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated 776 square kilometres of the territory, or 29 settlements, six of them in Luhansk Oblast.

On 6 October, Haidai reported that Ukrainian forces had liberated the village of Hrekivka in Luhansk Oblast.

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