Russian strikes kill eight in Ukraine and damage maternity clinic
Russian drone and missile attacks on Kyiv and northeastern Ukraine killed eight people on Thursday, according to officials. The strikes damaged a maternity hospital and a farm, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said two people died in the assault on the capital as Ukraine faces shortages of missile interceptors.
Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and parts of northeastern Ukraine killed eight people on Thursday, according to Ukrainian officials cited by the South China Morning Post. The attacks damaged a maternity hospital and a farm. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that two people were killed in the latest assault on Kyiv.
The report did not provide a complete breakdown of the casualties in the capital and the northeast. The strikes came as Moscow has intensified its air campaign in recent months. The report said Russia has been deploying more drones that are faster and harder to stop, adding to the pressure on Ukraine’s air defences.
Ukraine is also short of interceptors capable of bringing down ballistic missiles, according to the report. That shortage has complicated efforts to defend cities and critical sites from combined drone and missile attacks. Zelensky was in New York for the United Nations General Assembly when the latest strikes took place, the report said.
The supplied material did not give further details about the condition of those injured, the extent of damage to the maternity facility or whether operations there were disrupted. The reported attacks formed part of a continuing Russian air war against Ukraine. The source did not provide an account from Moscow about the strikes or specify the intended targets.
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