KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine Southern Operational Command says its forces have recaptured five settlements in the Kherson region.
The villages of Novovasylivka, Novohryhorivka, Nova Kamianka, Tryfonivka and Chervone in the Beryslav district were retaken as of Oct. 11, according to the speaker of the southern command Vladislav Nazarov.
The settlements are in one of the four regions recently illegally annexed by Russia.
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