The Ukrainian president says Monday's talks have been "constructive" as European leaders repeat calls for a ceasefire.

Russia killed at least nine people during a wave of attacks on dozens of Ukrainian cities and towns hours before a high-stakes summit at the White House featuring President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders.

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.

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.

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