Ukraine-Russia war latest: Three dead in Russian strikes on Kharkiv as Kyiv targets another online retailer

Andy Burnham has arrived in Kyiv to honour Ukraine’s Independence Day, just hours after at least three people were killed in a Russian attack on the outskirts of Kharkiv.

It is the first overseas visit for the British prime minister, more than a month after entering Downing Street, and it comes as Kyiv and Moscow continued to exchange devastating attacks overnight.

He is set to announce that Britain has agreed to allow European missile manufacturer ⁠MBDA to release classified information on UK-made ​components ⁠used in the SCALP long-range cruise missile, according to his office.

"Ukraine's security is our security," ‌Burnham said in a statement, adding that Britain would stand by Ukraine "for as long as it takes".

In Kharkiv, emergency services ‌have rescued ‌and evacuated eight ⁠people, some of whom were injured, governor Oleh Syniehubov said, adding the search was ‌ongoing to ​identify ‌any ⁠other possible ⁠casualties.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian attacks have targeted another online retailer, setting fire to Ozon's logistics hub in Makhachkala in the Russian republic of Dagestan.

Kyiv has repeatedly targeted facilities belonging to Russia's largest online shop Wildberries, accusing it of providing logistics support to Vladimir Putin 's armed forces.

Ozon said it also paused operations at two warehouses in the ⁠nearby regions of Stavropol and Adygeya in the North Caucasus amid a drone ‌attack ​alert.

Earlier, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Putin intends to draft 300,000 new troops to join the war from next month in a bid to seize territory.

Zelensky said that the Russian leader would start the drive after elections in September, as Moscow pursues its main goal of capturing the rest of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

A UK government minister has insisted whether to call an election on Volodymyr Zelensky premiership is an “internal matter for the people of Ukraine”.

Zelensky has faced pressure to call an election in recent weeks after sacked defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for a contest.

Defence minister Luke Pollard told Sky News: “When to have an election is an internal matter for the people of Ukraine, the government of Ukraine.

“If I look at the parallel with the United Kingdom during the Second World War, while there was war waging in Europe, we didn't have elections, but that will be a matter for them. B