Russia-Ukraine war: Volodymyr Zelenskiy vows ‘Ukraine will be free’; Moscow says threat of nuclear war must be kept to minimum – live

Russia's foreign ministry says nuclear war should never be unleashed', as its forces regroup for battle for eastern Ukraine

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Russia's defence ministry has claimed that its artillery units had hit 389 Ukrainian targets overnight.

The figure, reported by Russian news agency Interfax, includes 35 control points, 15 arms and ammunition depots, and several areas where Ukrainian troops and equipment were concentrated, it said.