Amid the critical situation around Pokrovsk and Toretsk and the new offensive in Sumy Oblast, the Kharkiv direction in the summer of 2025 is sometimes perceived as secondary. At the same time, in spring and summer 2025,

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On the night of July 27, the Russian troops attacked Kharkiv and its suburbs with drones. There were fires, and there was damage, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Russia attacked the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv with 10 drones.

Assaults on Ukraine have been intensifying even as President Trump has threatened new sanctions on Moscow, and now is preparing to meet with Russia’s leader.

Just outside Kharkiv, at a secret location, lies a collection of twisted metal remnants from attacks in and around the city. It's a scrapyard of savagery - the remains of many of the Russian bombs, rockets, missiles and drones used to hit in and around Kharkiv over the past three and a half years.

Ukrainians reacted with frustration and scepticism to the high-profile Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, calling it a “useless” meeting that sidelined Kyiv.

Russian forces launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Russia's Bryansk Oblast and 46 Shahed-type drones from Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, and Primorsk-Akhtarsk against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

One person was killed and 10 people, including two children, were wounded early on Tuesday in Russia ’s largest air attack on the Ukrainian town of Lozova since the war began, officials said.

Ukraine’s woes mount with a deadly assault on Kyiv, capture of an eastern city and difficult battle in the north.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he hoped that agreements reached at his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump could be a launchpad for settling the Ukraine conflict and restoring ties between Russia and the U.