Five people, including two children, were killed as a result of a Russian strike overnight in Kharkiv. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said the victims included a one-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy.

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 war that Moscow started.

Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities late on Aug. 17, mere hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet for peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

Russia hit a residential area in Kharkiv with a ballistic missile, injuring at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said late on Sunday, as the U.S. president presses Kyiv to accept a quick deal to end the war that Moscow had started.

Close to the Russian border, Kharkiv beat off invasion forces ikn 2922 and remains defiant under regular bombardment.