In October, Russian soldiers liberated 39 settlements in the area of the Northern Military District, according to RIA Novosti's calculation according to the Ministry of Defense. From October 1 to October 31, 18 settlements in the Kharkiv region, 10 in the Zaporozhye region, seven in the DPR, three in the Sumy region, and one in the Dnipropetrovsk region came under Russian control.