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Battles rage in Ukraine; Russian forces claim they've captured five villages

Employees leave a restaurant building hit by recent shelling that local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, May 11, 2024. [Reuters]

Fierce battles continue for a second day in northeastern Ukraine, where the Russian Defense Ministry said its troops captured five villages - a claim Kyiv contested.

The ministry said Moscow's forces had taken the villages of Pletenivka, Ohirtseve, Borysivka, Pylna and Strilecha in the Kharkiv region across the border from Russia's Belgorod region.

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