KYIV (Reuters) -Kyiv reported a "complicated" situation in fighting in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, and Moscow said its troops had advanced in the direction of the city of Kupiansk in the northeast. Russia and Ukraine differed in their accounts of the latest battles since Kyiv launched a counteroffensive early last month, but both sides signalled that fighting was fierce. The TASS news agency quoted the Russian defence ministry as saying its forces had advanced by up to 2 km (1.2 miles) in the direction of Kupiansk, an important railway junction in the Kharkiv region.
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