Live: Ukraine accuses Russia of planning sham independence referendum in occupied regions

Ukraine’s President Zelensky has accused Russia of setting up to “falsify” an independence referendum in the partly occupied southern areas of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, as Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko told Reuters that Russian President Vladimir Putin on your own can make your mind up the fate of the 100,000 civilians nonetheless trapped in the war-torn port metropolis, exactly where he explained Thursday that satellite photographs of a mass grave web-site were being proof Russians have been burying bodies to attempt to conceal the dying toll. Follow our are living website for all the most recent developments. All periods are Paris time (GMT+2).