Russian strikes kill four in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Russian strikes have killed four people and wounded 10 others in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, its governor said.

"The enemy has hit the city of Chuguiv," Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on Telegram on Tuesday, adding that four people, including a 22-year-old woman, were killed.

"The strikes caused fires and damaged at least 18 vehicles; windows were blown out and building facades damaged in residential multi-storey buildings," Synegubov said.

Separately, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported 10 people were wounded in his city.

Russian attacks have intensified in recent months, and Ukraine has hit back with its own drone strikes further into Russian territory, saying these are mainly against military and energy facilities.

Peace efforts

The attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was returning to Kiev from talks in London with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany on how to move forward with a settlement of the four-year-old war.

US-led peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia have stalled as Washington is focused on finding a solution to the Iran war.

Zelenskyy said on Monday he had a "positive" conversation with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, praising what he called their readiness to work on a settlement of the Ukraine war in the coming weeks.

According to a UN estimate published in April, at least 15,850 civilians have been killed in Ukrainian zones since 2022.

More than 2,800 civilians have died in Russian-controlled zones, according to the UN toll, which added that more than 44,800 have been wounded in Ukrainian and Russia-occupied zones.

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Source: TRT