Drone attacks come as UN nuclear chief also warns of ‘dangerous situation’ around Zaporizhzhia power plant and Wagner chief appeals for relief in Bakhmut.

IAEA says some of shelling ‘targeting’ Europe’s biggest nuclear plant as Ukraine and Russia trade blame over responsibility.

Referendums in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia. Seen as paving the way for Russian escalation of war. West and Ukraine denounce the votes as a sham. Kyiv says residents forced to vote in sealed-off towns. Zelenskiy says people in occupied areas should resist Russian mobilisation.