Overview

• Ukrainian officials say five Shahed drones hit a five‑storey Kharkiv apartment block, killing seven people — including a toddler and a 16‑year‑old — and injuring about 20.
• Kharkiv’s mayor declared a citywide day of mourning as rescuers worked through collapsed floors to pull survivors from the rubble.
• In Zaporizhzhia, two Iskander‑type missiles killed three and wounded roughly 20, and authorities opened a war‑crimes investigation.
• Ukraine’s air force reported Russia launched about 140 drones and four missiles overnight and said 88 drones were downed or suppressed across at least six regions.
• The strikes landed hours before Zelenskyy’s White House talks with President Trump and European leaders, and Kyiv denounced them as “demonstrative and cynical” pressure.