Overview

• Kharkiv’s mayor described the coordinated missile, drone and guided-bomb assault as the most powerful strike on the city since the full-scale invasion began
• Authorities said three civilians were killed in Kharkiv and two more in Kherson, with Governor Oleg Synegubov reporting two of the wounded were children
• Ukraine’s push for an immediate 30-day ceasefire has been repeatedly rejected by Moscow following stalled peace talks in Istanbul
• President Donald Trump criticized Kyiv’s drone raid on Russian territory, warning it gave President Putin justification for the counterattack
• Western governments are weighing tougher sanctions on Russia even as Trump expressed hope the conflict would not escalate to a nuclear confrontation