What has happened so far today?

Today is the ninth day of warfare in Ukraine.

Fighting has continued to intensify in key cities, while more than a million people have fled to neighbouring countries in the fastest exodus of refugees this century.

• A fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been extinguished. The facility was struck by "continuous enemy shelling" in the early hours;
• It is understood Russia has seized the plant, but the IAEA says Ukrainian staff remain in the control room;
• Three Ukrainian troops were killed and two were injured in the strike;
• At least seven people have been killed - including two children - in shelling in the Kyiv region;
• Shelling cut off power and water supplies to a key city on the Black Sea coast, Mariupol. Officials say the situation remains "under control" but the city's mayor has called for military help;
  
• Ukraine says an assault on Mykolaiv, close to the seized city of Kherson, has been "repulsed";
• The death toll due to strikes on a residential district in Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, yesterday has risen to 47;
• The UN has said 331 civilians have been killed so far;
• Putin asked neighbouring countries to normalise relations with Russia, saying: "There are no bad intentions towards our neighbours";
  
• NATO secretary-general warned the days ahead are "likely to be worse";
• Ukraine says 9,166 Russian troops have died in the conflict. Moscow has claimed this number is much lower, at 498;
• Western officials have said three Russian commanders are among those killed;
• The BBC will "temporarily suspend" the work of its journalists in Russia. 

The map below details where in Ukraine is under Russian control: