However, the Ukrainian officials did not confirm whether Russia had taken the villages, which lie in a contested "grey zone" on the border of Ukraine's Kharkiv region and Russia.
AI Jazeera reported, citing several Ukrainian journalists who said that the villages of Borysivka, Ohirtseve, PyIna and Strilecha were taken by Russian troops on Friday.
Russia claimed that the village of Pletenivka was also taken.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday evening (local time) that fighting was continuing in Strilecha and Pletenivka, as well as Krasne, Morokhovets, Oliinykove, Lukyantsi and Hatyshche.
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