Ukraine controls 82 settlements in Russia’s Kursk region, Kyiv says

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the embattled frontline city of Pokrovsk remains his “top priority” – as local officials urged residents to evacuate “without delay”, warning that Russian forces were approaching the outskirts.

At the same time Ukraine has pushed further into Russia’s border region of Kursk, destroying a key bridge which could cut off hundreds of Russian forces.