MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. Russian troops continue to make gains in the Kharkov Region where Kupyansk is located after liberating the riverside settlement of Kolesnikovka there, Vitaly Ganchev, Head of the Kharkov Region Military-Civilian Administration, told TASS.

On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of Kolesnikovka.

"Russia's Battlegroup West has liberated the settlement of Kolesnikovka in the Kharkov Region. <...> Our army continues to advance towards Oskol, smoothing out the front line along the river and towards the settlements of Glushkovka and Borovaya," the official said.

Ganchev also added that the situation in other previously liberated settlements is dangerous. "We are searching for civilians there to provide them with necessary medical assistance," he noted.