Russia takes five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, defense ministry says

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Russia said its forces had taken five border villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on Friday.

Ukrainian volunteers assit residents of settlements in the north of the Kharkiv region during their evacuation on May 10, 2024, amid the Russian invassion in Ukraine.Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken five border villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on Friday, exploiting its increasing advantage on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine.

The briefing also said that Russian troops had taken the village of Keramik in the Donetsk region further south, where Moscow has made slow but steady advances since seizing the longtime Ukrainian stronghold of Avdiivka in February. On Saturday, Russia kept up its attacks in the Kharkiv region and was trying to advance further, Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

Russia's neighboring Belgorod region has since come under regular Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes.

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