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.

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.

Russia launched a ballistic missile strike on residential buildings in Kharkiv on the evening of 17 August, injuring 11 people, including a 13-year-old teenager. Source: Ukraine's Air Force; Oleh Syniehubov,

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.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. could support a European force in Ukraine to maintain a lasting peace in Russia's war

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top European leaders are in Washington for make-or-break meetings with President Trump over the Russian invasion.