Ukraine war: Kyiv orders evacuation in Kupiansk, city it recaptured last year

Ukraine has told some residents to leave Kupiansk, as Russia seeks to re-take the city it left last year.

Kharkiv's military command urged families and those "with limited mobility" to leave due to "constant" shelling by Russian forces.

Russia took the city, an important supply hub, early in the full-scale spop, with Ukraine re-capturing it last September.

Meanwhile, Wagner group says it troops have "practically encircled" Bakhmut.

Earlier this week, President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted the situation in Bakhmut - around 130km (80 miles) south of Kupiansk - was becoming "more and more difficult".