The Russian Armed Forces have completed the elimination of surrounded units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the northeastern Kharkiv region.

The Russian Armed Forces have completed the elimination of surrounded units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the northeastern Kharkiv region.

Servicemen of the Northern Group of Forces have eliminated encircled units of the Ukrainian army in the northeastern Kharkiv region and continue to fight against individual groups, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. "The units of the northern group of soldiers completed the elimination of the encircled enemy in the northeastern part of the Kharkiv region and continue to take steps to eliminate individual groups of the enemy," the ministry said in a statement.