As war rages in the Donbass town of Bahmut, Johnny Miller speaks to refugees, recently evacuated who tell him that both sides are responsible for the wide-scale destruction of the settlement.

Voting in referendums in several regions of Ukraine on joining Russia has entered the final day, with election officials saying voters have overwhelmingly backed joining the Russian Federation.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has announced a partial military mobilization in the Russian Federation, according to the Tass news agency.

Vladimir Putin says Moscow is ready to sell advanced weapons to allies and cooperate in developing military technology.

North Korea has accused the US of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine.

A Press TV correspondent says it is only a matter of time until Russian forces take Ukraine's strategic city of Lysychansk, the twin city of Severodonetsk in the Donbass, as Moscow pushes ahead to capture the entire eastern Ukrainian region.

President Zelensky says the country’s forces are keeping up resistance in the flashpoint eastern city of Severodonetsk.