Russian forces hit the Kharkivits second largest city Ukrainianin the evening, hitting a high-rise apartment complex and injuring at least 18 people, the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, announced via Telegram.

According to the mayor, the attack was carried out with a remote-controlled bomb and rescue operations are underway.

Earlier, the governor of the region Oleh Sinyekhubov spoke of two Russian strikes against the city.

Russia earlier announced it would not participate in the second summit on Ukraine in November that will follow the first in Switzerland in June.

For the November conference, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, had stated that he wanted the presence of Russia.

Moscow rejects this prospect just ahead of the Ukrainian president’s visit to Washington during which he intends to present his peace proposals to US President Joe Biden, Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and to Republican candidate Donald Trump.

“The summit will have the same goals: promoting the illusory ‘Zelensky formula’ as a basis for settling the conflict, securing the support of the majority of the world and exploiting it to present Russia with an ultimatum of capitulation,” the spokeswoman said. of Russian diplomat Maria Zakharova. “We will not participate in such conferences.”