RUSSIA FIRES BARRAGE OF MISSILES ON UKRAINE CITIES

Russian missiles have struck cities across Ukraine including the capital, Kyiv, the Black Sea port of Odesa and the second city of Kharkiv.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces, lost power as a result of the missile attacks, according to nuclear state operator Energoatom.

Several regions of Ukraine have been left without power after the barrage of the strikes.

Ukraine’s military says its forces managed to push back intense Russian attacks on the eastern mining town of Bakhmut.