Overview

• Ukraine’s Air Force reported roughly 140 drones and several missiles were launched overnight, downing most but allowing deadly impacts across six regions
• A Kharkiv drone strike demolished an apartment block, killing at least seven people—including toddlers—and wounding over 20 others
• A separate missile strike on Zaporizhzhia early Monday left three dead and about 20 injured, many in critical condition
• President Zelenskyy condemned the strikes as “demonstrative and cynical” pressure tactics ahead of his White House meeting with Trump and European leaders
• Frontline fighting remained fierce on August 17, with 65 clashes reported and Ukrainian forces repelling the majority of Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk sector