(18 Aug 2025)
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Kharkiv, Ukraine – 18 August 2025
1. Mid rescuers searching for victims
2. Close various of rescuers carrying a dead body
3. Mid various of rescue teams at the site
4. Mid bulldozer dismantling a wall
5. SOUNDBITE(Ukrainian)Yevhenii Tymoshevskyy, local resident:" There were around 70 flats (in the building) and more than 70 percent are damaged. I do not know exactly how many but almost the entire house. "
Question: "What happened to your flat?"
Yevhenii Tymoshevsky
"This is my flat, I do not know."
Question: "Is it completely destroyed? ?
Yevhenii Tymoshevsky
"Yes, completely destroyed. Completely, there is nothing, all ruined, fell down. The kitchen, bathroom, all was smashed, doors were blown out. There is nothing left inside."
6. Mid rescuer providing service to the local resident
7. SOUNDBITE(Ukrainian) YevheniiTymoshevsky, local resident:
" I want to say that this is not a military house, families live here, children, youth, old people, there is no military object here, but still every Shaheed (drone) hit it. You can all ask, why this is happening."
8. Mid damaged residential building with rescue teams near it
9. Close destroyed part of the building
10. Mid bulldozer cleaning debris
11. Wide bulldozer dismantling damaged wall
12. Wide damaged building
13. Close damaged roof
14. Wide damaged building
15. Close damage
16. Wide damaged building
STORYLINE:
A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killed six people late Sunday, including an 18-month-old and a 16-year-old, according to regional head Oleh Syniehubov.
The attack on the northeastern city injured 20 others, including six children, he said.
Local resident and survivor, YevheniiTymoshevsky told AP that his flat was completely destroyed. "This is not a military house, families live here, children, youth, old people, there is no military object here, but still every Shaheed (drone) hit it," he stressed.
Russia’s Defense Ministry on Monday reported intercepting 23 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the annexed Crimean peninsula overnight.
The strike happened on the day when U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday to discuss how to end Russia’s three-year war in Ukraine.
Months of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting haven’t made headway, but the stakes have risen since Trump met with with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
After that summit, Trump abandoned the requirement of reaching a ceasefire in order to hold further talks and aligned with Putin’s position that negotiations should focus on a long-term settlement instead.
The presence of several European leaders at the talks in Washington shows how central the conflict — and any settlement — is to wider security questions on the continent.
AP video by Hnat Holyk
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