The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today, Wednesday, the control over two additional towns in the Kharkiv region and a third town in the Zaporizhia region. The ministry confirmed that Russian forces have taken control of the strategic town of Robotyne in the Zaporizhia province in southern Ukraine, as well as the towns of Alubokoi and Lukyantsi in the Kharkiv province in northeastern Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense noted that its forces are advancing in several strategic directions across various battlefronts in Ukraine.