Russia-Ukraine war: 120,000 Russians flee border areas, says state media; Zelenskiy says situation in Ukraine’s east is ‘difficult’ – as it happened

Residents leave homes in huge numbers after surprise incursion; Russia making significant advances near Pokrovsk

Russian forces said on Tuesday they had captured the key hub of New York in eastern Ukraine, as Moscow - under pressure by a Kyiv counterattack on its territory - presses on with its offensive.

The defence ministry said its troops had captured one of the largest settlements of the Toretsk agglomeration and the strategically important logistics hub (of) Novgorodskoye", referring to the town in Ukraine's Donetsk region by its former name.