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Russia fortifies Kharkiv to repel Kyiv push

GRAKOVE, Ukraine: Russia said on Friday it was sending reinforcements to the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv claimed it had retaken dozens of settlements as part of a broader counteroffensive.

In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his Eastern European country's troops had retaken 30 areas from Russian forces.

PICK UP THE PIECES Volunteers clear the rubble of a house destroyed by shelling in the village of Moshchun, in Ukraine’s north-central Kyiv region, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. AFP PHOTO