Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow has removed 700,000 children from Ukraine, says Russian MP

Grigory Karasin says number involves children ‘fleeing the bombing and shelling’ in Ukraine in recent years

What we know on day 495 of the war

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, on Belarus’s independence day on Monday, Reuters reports the Kremlin said in a statement.

In another development, Russia’s ambassador to Cuba said Putin had an invitation to visit the island, but it was too early to talk about preparations for such a trip.

This is Martin Belam taking over the live blog in London. You can contact me at martin.belam@theguardian.com.

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