Overview

• Local officials reported seven dead in Kharkiv after Shahed drones collapsed part of a five‑storey apartment block, including a toddler and a 16‑year‑old.
• Hours earlier, a ballistic missile strike in Kharkiv injured at least 11 and shattered windows across nearby residential buildings, authorities said.
• Zaporizhzhia was hit by what officials described as Iskander‑type missiles, killing three and injuring about 20, with prosecutors opening a war‑crimes investigation under Article 438.
• Ukraine reported strikes in Donetsk, Odesa and Sumy, including a fire at an energy site and damage to Sumy State University, and said air defenses downed 88 drones.
• The attacks coincided with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Washington meetings with President Donald Trump alongside European leaders and NATO’s secretary‑general, and Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians.