UKRAINE – Over 4,000 non-combatants have been evacuated from border areas in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, the local governor said on Sunday, following a surprise cross-border Russian offensive there that began on Friday.

"In total, 4,073 people have been evacuated," Gov. Oleg Synegubov wrote on social media, a day after Russian forces claimed the capture of five villages in the region.

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