- KHARKIV, UKRAINE — RELEASED ON JULY 26, 2025 — RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT "STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE" HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY — At least eight people were injured after Russia launched a large-scale air assault on the eastern city of Kharkiv on Friday night, July 25, using missiles, aerial bombs, and drones, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.

Three of the injured were emergency responders caught in a second strike while battling fires triggered by the initial bombardment in Kyivskyi district.

Six people were rescued from a burning building and were taken to a shelter.

In addition, three more people were injured in the Chuhuiv district.

US President Donald Trump maintained Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will hold a face-to-face sit-down, but lamented that it has not yet transpired.

On Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv held their third round of peace talks in Istanbul. The sides exchanged proposals for the future development of the peace process, and Kyiv proposed a leaders' summit at the end of August. The Kremlin says a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy is only possible to finalize a peace deal.