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Pjotr Sauer and Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv

UNCOVERED: Ukraine launches surprise counterattack in kharkiv region - The Untold Story

Street strewn with rubble
Kharkiv has previously been the focus of Russian attacks but some of its forces have since been redeployed. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Ukraine has launched a surprise counterattack in the north-east Kharkiv region, stretching Russian forces who are also facing Ukrainian attacks in the south.

An official representing the Russian-controlled Donetsk People’s Republic said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces “encircled” Balakliia, an eastern town of 27,000 people situated between Kharkiv and Russian-occupied Izium.

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