Girl’s body pulled from wreckage and 22 injured after strike Volodymyr Zelenskiy blames on Russia; fires reported in Shebekino town

Twenty people have been injured - and it is feared that others are trapped - after an alleged Russian strike in Ukraine's central city of Dnipro. Video shared by President Volodymyr Zelensky showed rescuers searching the remains of a two-storey building.

Two Russian militias say they have captured Russian soldiers and want a personal meeting with the governor of the region they attacked; shelling of Dnipro has injured at least 22 and killed a child; the Wagner paramilitary has threatened to operate in Russia without permission.

A total of 485 children have been officially confirmed as killed since the Russian invasion started, but the real number is higher. — Ukrinform.

Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the south of Ukraine's Donetsk region but Russia's main mercenary leader said Russian forces had lost ground around Bakhmut further north.

A Ukrainian serviceman looks on near the Ukraine-Russia border, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Twenty-two people injured including five children, while row continues over closed air raid shelters