Fierce fighting rages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region | ABC News

Fierce fighting raged into a second day on the fringes of Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region as Russia said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was repelling the attacks and battling for control of the settlements.

Russia launched the armoured incursion early on Friday local time, 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.


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