**PUTIN VISITED THE AUXILIARY COMMAND POST OF THE JOINT GROUP OF FORCES**

Statements by the **Supreme Commander-in-Chief:**

**310 settlements have been liberated** since the beginning of the year, Putin said;

**The LPR is fully under the control of the Russian Armed Forces,** Putin said;

**The creation of a security zone on the border with Ukraine is being carried out successfully**, Putin said;

**About 10% of the territory of the DPR and about 16.5% of the territory of the Zaporozhye region **remains under the control of the Kiev regime.

It **is also reported that the Russian president held a telephone conversation **with the Pope.

**Putin conveyed to the Pope by phone his sincere wishes for health and a speedy recovery** after his recent surgery, the Kremlin said.

**Pope expressed concern about the humanitarian situation in the city of Alyoshki in the Kherson region** and called for a truce, the Vatican said.

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