Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that any "pauses" in Ukraine's defence against the Russian invasion would only help Moscow to re-arm and allow it to "run us over".
"Give the Russian Federation 2-3 years, then they will simply run us over," he said during a visit to Estonia, as part of a wider tour of the Baltic region.
"We wouldn't take that risk... There will be no pauses in favour of Russia."
Mr Zelensky said Russia was negotiating missile purchases from Iran and that Russian forces had received more than one million rounds of ammunition from North Korea.
A Russian missile attack struck a hotel in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine yesterday evening, wounding 11 people, according to local authorities.
The strike comes just ahead of the war's second anniversary, with both Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of inflicting dozens of civilian casualties in a sharp escalation of attacks.
"Two missiles hit a hotel in the centre of Kharkiv. There were no military personnel there. Instead, there were 30 civilians, eleven of whom were wounded," Mayor Igor Terekhov posted on Telegram.
One of the wounded is in "very serious condition", he said, adding that "Turkish journalists are among the victims".
According to the state emergency services, those hurt in the strike were "hotel staff and guests, one of whom is a foreign journalist".
Rescuers evacuated 19 people, the service said on Telegram, sharing a video of the operations, which showed a small building with blown-out windows.
Several other buildings, including two apartment blocks, were also reported damaged in the latest strike.
"In addition to the hotel, residential buildings were affected - one communal, one private, a car dealership and a manufacturing enterprise," Mr Terekhov said.
Oleg Synegoubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, said two Russian S-300 missiles had hit the hotel around 10.30 pm (8.30pm Irish time).
Nine of the 11 wounded were hospitalised and two were treated on-site, with a 35-year-old man the most seriously injured, he said.
Located about 30 kilometres from the Russian border, Ukraine's second-largest city has seen regular and often deadly aerial assaults.
Across the border, Russia's defense ministry said it had intercepted three Ukrainian drones at around 4.30 am (1.30am Irish time) this morning over the Tula, Kaluga and Rostov regions.
Voronezh region governor Aleksandr Gusev also reported that a Ukrainian drone had hit "the roof of a non-residential building" overnight, although said there was "no harm done".
Finland extends Russian border closure
Finland's government has said it would extend its border closure with Russia having shut it following a spike in migrant crossings that Helsinki labelled a Russian hybrid attack.
The Nordic country closed the border in mid-December after nearly 1,000 migrants had arrived without a visa through its eastern border crossings since August.
"The Government has decided that the border crossing points on the land border between Finland and Russia will remain closed until 11 February 2024," the government said in a statement.
Finland shares a 1,340-kilometre border with Russia.
"Based on information gathered by the authorities, it is very likely that Russia's hybrid influence activities will resume and expand as we saw earlier," Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen was quoted as saying.
"We therefore consider it necessary to keep the eastern border closed."
Finland's relations with its eastern neighbour soured after the invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow warned of "countermeasures" after Finland joined NATO in April, reversing its decades-long policy of military non-alignment.
In November, Finland initially closed four of its eight border crossings with Russia, before shutting the rest by the end of the month.
Although Helsinki then partially eased the closure, the entire border was once again shut on 14 December.
On Thursday, the government repeated that "it is clear that the Russian authorities or other actors have been facilitating instrumentalised migration," labelling it a "serious threat to national security and public order in Finland."
