Thousands of Ukrainian villagers are evacuated as fierce fighting rages into a second day on the fringes of Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region.
Russia says its forces have taken the Kharkiv region villages of Pletenivka, Ohirtseve, Borysivka, Pylna and Strilecha.
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. But Kharkiv's governor Oleh Syniehubov said that active fighting continued on the territory of all five of the frontier villages that are located within three to five kilometres of the border.With men mobilised for war, women are stepping into a dangerous role in Ukraine
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