President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that in the Kharkiv region, the defenders of Ukraine took control of more than 30 settlements and urged to maintain information silence so as not to harm the plans of our defenders. He announced this in his traditional evening address..

“Currently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have fired and taken control of more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region. In some villages of the region, measures are being taken to check and secure the territory, we are gradually taking control of new settlements - everywhere we are returning the Ukrainian flag and protection for all our people,"

He added that tough fighting continues in the Donbass and in the south of our country.. The President called on Ukrainians from the liberated territories to report to representatives of our forces any information they know about the crimes of the occupiers on Ukrainian soil.

“Our army, intelligence, the Security Service of Ukraine continue active operations in several operational areas.. Successfully continue. I want to once again turn now to some bloggers who are sometimes in a hurry to announce the results of certain active actions of our soldiers on the front line. Please do not rush with messages, do not complicate the tasks for our army with your haste, ”the President addressed the Ukrainians.

Yesterday it was reported that Ukrainian defenders liberated more than 20 settlements in the Kharkiv direction.

According to Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar, operational information about the Ukrainian counter-offensive and the liberation of a number of settlements, which appeared in the public space along with the official reports of the General Staff, damaged the Armed Forces of Ukraine and reduced the effectiveness of the Ukrainian military.