KYIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine hailed a lightning counteroffensive it said had recaptured swathes of its territory in the east and south, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the capital, Kyiv, to pledge more aid.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had "liberated dozens of settlements" and reclaimed 1,000 square kilometres (385 square miles) of territory in the east and south since Sept. 1.Zelenskiy also posted a video in which Ukrainian soldiers said they had captured the eastern town of Balakliia near Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine.

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