Missile strikes on Ukrainian city near nuclear plant

Residential buildings in Ukraine's southern city of Zaporizhzhia have reportedly been hit by seven Russian rockets.

Two people were killed and at least five were trapped in the city close to Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, the governor of the mostly Russian-occupied region said.

The strikes came just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the country's military had retaken three more villages in one of the regions illegally annexed by Russia.

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Zaporizhzhia is one of four regions that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed in violation of international laws on Wednesday, and is home to a nuclear plant that is under Russian occupation. The city of the same name remains under Ukrainian control.

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog is expected to visit Kyiv this week to discuss the situation at the Zaporizhzhia facility after Mr Putin signed a decree on Wednesday declaring that Russia was taking over the six-reactor plant.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry called it a criminal act and said it considered the Russian leader's decree "null and void", State nuclear operator Energoatom said it will continue to operate the plant.