Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 64 of the invasion

Vladimir Putin has said interference from the west in Ukraine would be met with a ‘lightning fast’ response from Russia. Photograph: Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA

• Russia’s foreign affairs ministry has issued a stern warning to western countries over encouragement given to Ukraine to strike within Russian territory. The spokesperson Maria Zakharova said: “[F]urther provocation prompting Ukraine to strike against Russian facilities will be met with a harsh response.”

• The Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak has defended Ukraine’s right to strike inside Russia, saying “Ukraine will defend itself in any way, including strikes on the warehouses and bases of the killers in Russia. The world recognises this right.”