Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine offensive moving towards Mariupol, minister says – as it happened

Centre of fighting has moved as Ukrainian forces slowly push back Russians, says Hanna Maliar, a deputy defence minister

• What we know on day 478 of the invasion

Kherson's regional authority has said that 1,649 houses in 17 settlements on the right bank of the Dnipro remain flooded after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam. They also claim that 17 settlements remain flooded on the opposite bank, which is occupied by Russian forces.

Suspilne, Ukraine's state broadcaster, offers this news update on Telegram of events overnight. It reports:

At night, air defence forces destroyed two Shahed" drones over the Mykolaiv region, the air force reported.

Also at night, the Russian army fired artillery at residential buildings in Novoberyslav in the Kherson region: a couple died, reported the regional .