MOSCOW, September 19. /TASS/. Troops from Russia’s Battlegroup North are continuing to draw a noose and expand their outer control zone in the Kharkov region, Vasily Mezhevykh, head of the battlegroup's press center, reported.

"While carrying out combat missions during the special military operation, units of the Battlegroup North in the Kharkov region continue to draw a noose and expand the outer zone of control. Encircled enemy personnel have been struck in the areas of Komissarovo, Krasny Yar, Grachevka, Khripuny, and Buzovo," he said.

At the same time Ukrainian formations are being eliminated in the settlements of Petropavlovka, Novoalexandrovka, and Prikolotnoye as Russian forces expand the outer control zone, he added.