UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for a ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin later.
Speaking after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Guterres says he is visiting Moscow as a "messenger of peace"
It comes after Lavrov warned of a "real" threat of World War Three breaking out.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has dismissed this, saying Lavrov is just trying to "scare the world off supporting Ukraine"
And UK Armed Forces minister James Heappey says he does not think there is an imminent threat of escalation.
However Heappey says he supports strikes on targets within Russian territory by Ukrainian forces to disrupt supply lines.
Fresh explosions have been reported in the Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria, which neighbours Ukraine.
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