Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine ‘holding on’ to Soledar as Russia builds up forces, says minister

Ukraine’s deputy defence minister says fighting continues as Kyiv denies claims the city had fallen to Russian troops

The Russian human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova said both Moscow and Kyiv were interested in future contacts between their rights commissioners, the Russian state-owned Tass news agency has reported.

Following a meeting this week in Turkey with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Lubinets, Moskalkova said she believed Ukraine had adopted a pragmatic approach to discussions between the two sides.