Russia-Ukraine updates: Moscow court arrests WSJ reporter

The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war from Thursday, March 30:

The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war from Thursday, March 30:

• The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has been hit by at least six Russian missiles, Kharkiv’s Governor Oleh Syniehubov has said.
• The White House has rejected Russia’s claims that journalist Evan Gershkovich was involved in spying and has termed espionage charges “ridiculous”.
• A Moscow court has formally arrested Gershkovich, a United States reporter with the Wall Street Journal suspected of espionage, according to Russian media. The 31-year-old told the court he was not guilty.
• The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces acknowledges that Russian forces have had a “degree of success” in storming Bakhmut as both sides continued fighting for the city.
• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Russian President Vladimir Putin might visit Turkey in April to inaugurate the first nuclear power reactor built by Russia’s state atomic energy company, Rosatom.