Ukrainian military fights Russian forces in village near Kyiv

Ukrainian troops launched a counterattack to drive occupying Russian forces from a village in the Kyiv region on Thursday.

Ukrainian troops attempt to retake a village near Kyiv from Russian invaders. For security reasons the exact location could not be revealed. The Ukrainian military has not made any statements about casualties or if they successfully recaptured the village.

Russian forces bearing down on Kyiv are regrouping northwest of the Ukrainian capital, satellite pictures showed, and Britain said on Friday =Moscow could now be planning an assault on the city within days.

Russia's main attack force in northern Ukraine has been stalled on a highway north of Kyiv since the initial days of the invasion, having failed in what Western countries believe was an initial plan for a lightning assault on the capital.

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