Small towns and settlements were however captured, in the north-west and north-central Korosten Raion, near the border with Kyiv Oblast.

Russian forces in tanks with the letter V established positions in around Hrezlya, which lies at the intersection of highways leading to Narodychi and Ovruch.

[3] The village of Rubezhivka [uk] was also under Russian occupation for several days, according to local officials.

[4] According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces were planning to occupy the city of Malyn in Zhytomyr Oblast, but were held back by Ukraine's 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, which held the line on the border of the Zhytomyr and Kyiv Oblasts.

Zhytomyr Oblast governor Vitaliy Buchenko claimed that Russian troops left military equipment and mines in towns and homes.