Russian attacks, including on an apartment block in Kharkiv city, killed 14 people across Ukraine, authorities said Monday, ahead of talks in Washington between President Volodymyr Zelensky and US leader Donald Trump.
The early-morning drone attack on Kharkiv reduced part of a five-storey residential building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram.
The emergency services posted videos showing rescuers trying to break through rubble to free a trapped resident.
"Seven civilians, including two children, have been killed in the attack," Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said on social media, adding that 23 people were wounded.
The city near the Russian border was also hit hours earlier by a ballistic missile that wounded at least 11 peo