The town council is looking into the possibility of twinning with Okhtyrka as a show of support.

The strike on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in Ukraine's capital.

Vitaliy Klitschko says Ukraine's capital is in a "very dramatic situation" as Russia hits critical infrastructure.

Sharon Maxted, from Kenilworth, is driving the ambulance, packed with medical supplies, to Ukraine.

L/Cpl George Hooley is the first UK service member to die in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

The Pivdennyi bridge came under fire as a metro train was travelling across - the first such attack on Kyiv's bridges.

A foreign policy speech by the Russian president will be keenly watched, but all signs point to the full-scale invasion continuing.

In total 11 regions of the country were attacked overnight, with residential buildings and railways also targeted, the Ukrainian PM says.

Arkadii Petrov, who attended Kirkcudbright Academy, was killed after returning to Ukraine to fight.

Ukraine's remaining steelworks, a vital part of its economy, have all but ground to a halt because of relentless attacks.

Russia has been accused of launching sabotage attacks across a number of European Nato countries which have been helping Ukraine.

The BBC's Paul Adams reports from the scene of the strike on Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences.