If you are just joining us this lunchtime, here’s what’s happening so far today.
- There is intense fighting fighting in the north, east and south of the country, with the key Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Kherson being targeted by Russian artillery
- A missile struck a police quarters and a university building in Kharkiv this morning. Four people are reported to have died
- Russia claims to have taken control of the strategic Black Sea port city of Kherson, but local authorities claim the city is still under Ukrainian control
- President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of trying to erase Ukrainian history and praises the Ukrainian army’s resilience
- PM Boris Johnson vowed the UK would further ratchet up the economic pressure and support for Ukraine with finance, weapons and humanitarian assistance
- Almost 700,000 people have fled Ukraine. The United Nation has called for more supplies
