Russia says it has moved into the previously unscathed Dnipropetrovsk region to create a buffer zone, a claim Ukraine has dismissed.

Ukraine's army is managing to contain the current Russian military offensive in the north-eastern region of Sumy, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. "We are in the process of levelling the position.

Russia has intensified attacks in Ukraine’s northeast, announcing plans to create a so-called ‘buffer zone’ in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.