Russia-Ukraine live: Moscow says it won’t give up annexed regions

Russia's offensive in Ukraine has killed hundreds of individuals and pushed thousands and thousands of others from their properties [File: Vadim Ghirda/AP]

• The Kremlin says it's open to talks on ending the warfare however reiterates Moscow is not going to resign claims to 4 partly-occupied Ukrainian areas.
• The Commander of the Ukrainian Floor Forces says the scenario round Bakhmut is “extraordinarily tense”.