Russia-Ukraine live news: Fighting rages ahead of ‘referendums’

A destroyed bus as a consequence of current shelling close to an area market throughout in Donetsk [Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]

• Explosion hits a crowded market in Melitopol on the eve of “referendums” that might see 4 areas successfully annexed by Russia.
• Russian forces fired 9 missiles at Zaporizhia, hitting a lodge and an influence station, killing one, says the regional governor.