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Radio France Internationale
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Michael Fitzpatrick

Ukrainian army claims to have recaptured positions from Russian invaders

Ukrainian soldiers prepare to fire a US-supplied M777 howitzer near the city of Kharkiv. AP - Evgeniy Maloletka

Ukrainian armed forces early on Monday claimed to have recaptured more than 20 settlements in the regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv over the past 24 hours following a major counter-offensive against units of the Russian army. Moscow has issued no response to the Ukrainian claims.

"In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed forces drove the enemy away from more than 20 settlements" and are regaining "full control over them", the Ukrainian army said in its daily briefing.

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