Eastern town of Balakliia ‘encircled’ by Ukrainian forces, Russian official says; Kyiv’s top general Valeriy Zaluzhnyi warns of ‘direct threat’ of Russia’s use of tactical nuclear weapons
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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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