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.

Russia’s troops are continuing their slow war of attrition in eastern and northern Ukraine, even as the conflict enters a pivotal phase with a series of high-level meetings that are part of U.S.

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,

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.