Ukraine-Russia war latest: Burnham arrives in Kyiv with plans to give long-range missile blueprints during visit

At least three people were killed in a Russian attack on the outskirts of Kharkiv in Ukraine, officials said, as Kyiv and Moscow continued to exchange attacks overnight. Emergency services ‌have rescued ‌and evacuated eight ⁠people, some of whom were injured, governor Oleh Syniehubov said, adding the search was ‌ongoing to ​identify ‌any ⁠other possible ⁠casualties. In Russia, Ukrainian attacks have targeted another online retailer, setting fire to Ozon's logistics hub in Makhachkala in Dagestan. Kyiv has repeatedly targeted facilities belonging to Russia's largest online shop Wildberries, accusing it of providing logistics support to Vladimir Putin's armed forces. Ozon said it also paused operations at two warehouses in the ⁠nearby regions of Stavropol and Adygeya in the North Caucasus amid a drone ‌attack ​alert. Earlier, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Putin intends to draft 300,000 new troops to join the war from next month in a bid to seize territory. Zelensky said that the Russian leader would start the drive after elections in September, as Moscow pursues its main goal of capturing the rest of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.In photos: PM Andy Burnham arrives in Ukraine Ukraine's foreign affairs minister Andrii Sybiha prepares to greet prime minister Andy Burnham upon his arrival by train in Kyiv Ukraine's foreign affairs minister Andrii Sybiha and PM Burnham shake hands as he reaches Ukraine (Foreign Ministry of Ukraine) Andrii Sybiha and Andy Burnham meet as Ukraine marks the 35th anniversary of its independence Minister says Ukrainian elections are ‘internal matter for the people of Ukraine’ A UK government minister has insisted whether to call an election on Volodymyr Zelensky premiership is an “internal matter for the people of Ukraine”. Zelensky has faced pressure to call an election in recent weeks after sacked defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for a contest. Defence minister Luke Pollard told Sky News: “When to have an election is an internal matter for the people of Ukraine, the government of Ukraine. “If I look at the parallel with the United Kingdom during the Second World War, while there was war waging in Europe, we didn't have elections, but that will be a matter for them. B “But having spoken to both President Zelensky and the former defence minister you mentioned in the past, I know that both of them are committed to the defence of their nation and seeing through their nation to get to a peaceful conclusion to the conflict. It is up to them and their system about how they handle those internal affairs.” Germany's Wadephul to urge Rubio to take more active role on Ukraine German foreign minister Johann Wadephul plans to speak to his US counterpart, Marco Rubio, by phone today to urge him to become more personally involved in diplomatic efforts related to the war in Ukraine, he told radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk. Wadephul, who was recently in Ukraine, told the ⁠broadcaster that US diplomacy ​had ⁠so far been handled largely by presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve ⁠Witkoff. Negotiations between Russia and the US to bring about an end to the conflict in Ukraine have largely stalled amid the war in Iran, and the Kremlin said last week that ‌it had no information yet on a ​possible next visit by Kushner ‌and Witkoff. Russian deputy ⁠foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov had said ⁠in an interview on Friday that Russia was ready to ‌listen to ​Rubio's new ideas and ‌continue dialogue with Washington. "I may be able to encourage him (Rubio) myself to do more there," the German minister said, adding that Berlin was pursuing other channels to help restart negotiations. Ukraine hit Russian fighter aircraft and two vessels in Black Sea The Ukrainian military struck a Russian MIG-29 fighter aircraft and two Russian vessels in the Black Sea overnight, Ukraine's drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said on Monday. Brovdi ‌said on Telegram ⁠that one of the vessels attacked was a tanker, and ‌the other ​was ‌a ⁠bulk carrier. Attack on another Russian logistics hub tanks company’s shares Shares in Ozon fell by as much as 12 per cent on the Moscow Exchange on news of the attack, while shares in its major shareholder, private equity firm AFK Sistema, fell by ‌almost 13 per cent. Ozon has become Russia's second ​e-commerce giant, after rival Wildberries, to ‌be targeted in Ukrainian ⁠drone attacks. Work at a logistics centre ⁠in the Samara region was halted after the first Ukrainian ‌strike on ​the company's facilities on ‌22 August. Russia's online retailer Ozon is seen in front of one of the Stalin-era skyscraper in Moscow Russia's Ozon says four logistics hubs targeted by Ukrainian drones At least four logistics hubs owned by Russia's second-largest online retailer Ozon in southern Russia were targeted in Ukrainian drone attacks, ⁠the company said on Monday, bringing the number of targeted facilities to six since 22 August. Ozon said its logistics hub in Makhachkala, Dagestan, was on fire after a drone attack, while workers at warehouses in Adygeysk, in the Adygeya region, and Nevinnomyssk, in the Stavropol region, had been evacuated. “According to preliminary ​information, ⁠several people were injured,” Ozon ‌said in a statement, referring to the facility in Makhachkala, which had halted operations. Russia downs 351 Ukrainian drones overnight The ⁠Russian defence ⁠ministry ​said on ⁠Monday ⁠its ​forces ⁠had intercepted ‌and destroyed 351 Ukrainian ‌drones ‌overnight ⁠over a number of regions. Officials said the attack has caused damage at the Russian online retailer Ozon's logistics hub in Makhachkala in Dagestan which was set ablaze. Russia typically reports only how many drones its air defences say they downed, not how many Ukraine launched, and rarely discloses the full extent of damage unless civilians are killed or civilian sites are hit. Russia says its forces hit tanker carrying fuel near Ukraine's Odesa The Russian defence ministry said it ⁠had ​hit ⁠a ⁠tanker carrying ​fuel ⁠and ‌lubricants for Ukrainian troops in ‌the port ‌of Pivdennyi ⁠near Odesa, as well as port infrastructure facilities ‌used for ​unloading ‌and ⁠storing military ⁠cargo. Wartime election would 'destroy' Ukraine, Zelensky says Holding a wartime election in Ukraine while active fighting with Russia continues would “destroy” the country by splitting Ukrainians, president Volodymyr Zelensky said. His comments, released to reporters on Sunday, were Zelensky's first on the subject since ousted former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for a wartime poll in an address last week. Fedorov's surprise dismissal last month sparked widespread protests, but supporters calling for his reinstatement later baulked at his call for an election - the first such demand by a major Ukrainian political figure since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. “I believe that if we want to destroy the country, then we can move towards elections during this kind of war,” Zelensky said. Burnham to give Ukraine blueprints for long-range missiles as he visits Kyiv Prime minister Andy Burnham has agreed to provide Ukraine with blueprints to produce long-range missiles. He is set to announce the move today during his first trip to Ukraine that he will allow European defence firm MBDA to declassify information on UK components for the long-range Scalp missile – the French-produced version of the UK’s Storm Shadow. The “deep precision strike” missiles use shared French and British technology, and Ukraine and France are looking to set up local assembly lines to produce them in Ukraine. The PM is visiting Kyiv on his first foreign trip to mark Ukraine’s independence day and signal the UK’s continued support for the country under his administration.