Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar reported on improving the operational and tactical position by aligning the front line, resulting in a 9 square kilometer increase in liberated area.

The liberated area was increased by 9 kilometers square as a result of improving the operational position and aligning the front line.

The commander of a military unit in the Donetsk region and four subordinates facilitated an illegal scheme to fraudulently extract combat bonuses for military units deployed far away from the front line

The scheme resulted in approximately Hr. 5 million ($135,000) in damages to the state over seven months

Nine servicemen from the unit were listed as payment beneficiaries despite being stationed outside the Donetsk region and not participating in direct combat operations

Each received monthly payments of Hr. 100,000 ($2,700) between March and September 2022

Russia is filling positions in internal affairs bodies in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions) to support September elections.

Deputy Minister Hanna Maliar announced this acceleration on her Telegram channel.