At least seven people, including two children, have been killed in a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, officials said.

A kindergarten was hit in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and there was widespread damage in Kyiv. Children were among 27 people injured, with 48 rescued.

The assault came hours after US President Donald Trump said his planned summit in Budapest with Russia’s Vladimir Putin had been shelved because he did not want a “wasted meeting.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks proved Moscow had not come under sufficient pressure over its war. The Kremlin rejected calls for a ceasefire along current front lines made by both Mr Trump and European leaders.

However, Russian officials insisted that preparations for the Trump-Putin

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