Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, stated that while over 40 settlements had been liberated by September 11, many more were freed but numbers were withheld for operational security.

The total number of liberated settlements cannot be disclosed in the interest of the military operation.

Roman Dudin, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast branch, was arrested on treason charges.

Olga Chikanova, spokeswoman for the State Investigation Bureau, confirmed the arrest of Roman Dudin.

Russian occupiers tortured residents with electricity, forced them to dig trenches, and confiscated phones in Tokarka before retreating.

A pre-trial investigation was launched into war crimes and intentional murder by Russian military personnel in Zaliznychne, Kharkiv region.

On September 11, law enforcement officers found four bodies of civilians with traces of torture, three buried at their homes and one at an asphalt plant near the village railway station.

The victims were killed by Russian military during the occupation, and bodies were sent for forensic examination.