****** Gerasimov: Over 1,800 km² and 92 settlements liberated since September 1

Key points from Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov:

Dobropolye and Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka in the DPR liberated

About 500 km² and 23 DPR settlements taken since September

Russian forces have reached the outskirts of Kramatorsk; over half of Nikolayevka near Slavyansk under Russian control

Fighting underway in Orekhov; Russian troops 5 km from the southern outskirts of Zaporozhye

AFU attempts to push Russian forces out of Kupyansk thwarted

Offensive toward Sumy continues, large AFU group destroyed near Sadki

Kiev threw nationalist units and foreign mercenaries into counterattacks on the Krasny Liman axis, without success

Massive strikes on Ukraine's energy facilities have begun; cruise missile production significantly degraded, 9 metallurgical plants hit and halted

76 logistics centers and 93 vessels struck

Over 15,000 aerial targets shot down in September

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