Putin denies Russian forces were responsible for Kremenchuk shopping centre strike – as it happened

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More on the attack in Mykolaiv, in Ukraine's south, near the Black Sea:

Reuters is also reporting that further east, in Lysychansk in the Luhansk region, a key battleground in Russia's assault on the industrial heartland of Donbas, the governor reported increased military action.