MOSCOW, October 4. /TASS/. Russia’s Battlegroup North is fighting to liberate the settlements of Varvarovka, Nikolayevka, Lobanovka, and Reznikovo inside the encirclement in the Kharkov Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Units of Battlegroup North are tightening the encirclement around Ukrainian formations in the northeastern Kharkov Region and expanding the outer zone of control. Fighting is underway inside the encirclement to liberate the settlements of Varvarovka, Nikolayevka, Lobanovka, and Reznikovo in the Kharkov Region," the ministry said.

The ministry added that Russian forces continue eliminating encircled enemy formations near Rublenoye, Nefedovka, Kupino, and Chernoye in the Kharkov Region.