MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. Russian forces are steadily advancing along the entire frontline and have liberated an area of some 1,300 square kilometers in September, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"Russia’s armed forces continue carrying out the objectives of the special military operation and are advancing steadily along the entire front," he said while visiting an auxiliary command post of the Joint Force in the zone of the special military operation.

"The Chief of the General Staff has already noted in his report that the military units have achieved a rapid pace of advance. As has already been mentioned here, in September alone, more than 1,300 square kilometers of territory in Donbass and Novorossiya have been liberated," he added.