Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south of the country is gathering pace as its forces again strike bridges leading to the occupied city of Kherson in a bid to choke off supply routes for Russia's forces there.
In other news, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) convoy is believed to have left the Ukrainian capital on a mission to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday morning.
Europe's largest nuclear power station has become a fighting ground for the conflict, as both sides blame each other for attacks on and around the complex. Fighting around the facility has sparked fears over the heightened risk of a nuclear disaster.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address Tuesday that Ukraine would do what it can to keep the IAEA mission safe but that Russia was still carrying out "provocations" on areas where the IAEA mission would visit.