Fierce fighting raged into a second day on the fringes of Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Saturday as Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was repulsing the attacks and battling for control of the settlements.
KYIV - Fierce fighting raged into a second day on the fringes of Ukraine 's northeastern Kharkiv region on Saturday as Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was repulsing the attacks and battling for control of the settlements. Russia launched the armored incursion early on Friday, an attack on a new front that may presage a broader push into Kharkiv region or aim to draw away overstretched Ukrainian forces from where Moscow's offensive is focused in the east.
3 million inhabitants who continue to live there despite regular missile and drone strikes."As of now the enemy keeps pressing in the north of our region. Our forces have repelled nine attacks," he told a news conference.Kyiv rushed in reinforcements to deal with the incursion and Nazar Voloshyn, spokesman for Ukraine's eastern command, said on Saturday that Kyiv's forces had managed to contain Russia's forces in the borderlands where it is unclear who has control.
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