The brutal aftermath of what Ukraine said was a Russian strike on Kharkiv that hit a kindergarten was laid bare in a video shared by Ukrainian emergency services, with crying children seen being carried away from the carnage.

One small child yells out "mama, mama" as an emergency worker carries them away. Another clings to a toy.

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It comes as the U.S. and Russia struggle to lay the ground for a second summit on ending the Ukraine war between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Trump has called for an immediate stop to the fighting along current frontlines, which Moscow has rejected.

Ukraine and its European allies want Trump to apply much more pressure on Putin to make peace, saying he will only respond to hard power, not diplomacy.

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