Ukrainian president’s comments come amid reports of heavy fighting in north-east; Russia not invited to talks at Red Sea port city of Jeddah

Welcome back to our live coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I’m Adam Fulton and here’s a roundup of the latest.

Ukraine has reported heavy fighting in the country’s north-east, saying Kyiv’s forces are holding their lines and making gains in some areas.

Three Ukrainian drones that were shot down over Moscow damaged a high-rise building containing government offices and briefly shut an international airport, according to reports. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said nobody was hurt and there was only minor damage to the facade of two office buildings in the Moscow City business district early on Sunday. Russia’s state news agency Tass reported a security guard had been injured. One of the damaged buildings – 7km from the Kremlin – was home to three Russian government ministries as well as residential apartments, according to Russian media, in the third such attack on the capital region in a week.

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