As leaders arrived in Washington to discuss how to end Russia’s three-year war in Ukraine, civilians in Ukraine were killed and wounded by Russian missile strikes Monday in the eastern city of Kharkiv.

A Russian drone attack on a residential area in Kharkiv killed seven people including a toddler and a 16-year-old boy overnight, Ukrainian authorities said on Monday, as the United States presses Kyiv to accept a quick deal to end the warthat Moscow started.

Ukrainian officials said the deadly strikes were a further sign that Russia had no intention of halting hostilities.

Ukraine said on Monday that at least seven people were killed and 37 others injured in overnight Russian airstrikes on the cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.

In more than three years since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the front line has continued to move slowly with some unexpected

Russian forces struck Sumy, Kharkiv, and Pavlohrad with ballistic missiles, damaging residential areas and causing casualties and injuries, according to the Air Force of Ukraine, Suspilne, Sumy Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Hryhorov,

Ukraine said on Monday that at least five people were killed and 20 others injured due to an overnight Russian drone attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv.

EADaily, August 18th, 2025. An air alert has been announced in the Kiev, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine, according to the data of the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.