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Russian strikes kill eight in Ukraine, damage maternity clinic
Reuters • • world
Key Points:
- Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and northeastern Ukraine killed eight people, including attacks on a maternity hospital and a farm, officials reported.
- Kyiv suffered damage to residential buildings, energy infrastructure, and logistics, with two fatalities and eight injuries; the maternity hospital sustained facade and window damage but no patient injuries.
- A separate attack on a vegetable storage facility in Kharkiv region killed six and injured 12, while other regions including Rivne and Volyn also experienced infrastructure damage.
- Ukraine reported the use of hypersonic and ballistic missiles alongside 282 drones in the overnight barrage, highlighting Ukraine's shortage of interceptors to defend against such attacks.
- Neighboring countries Moldova and Romania reported Russian drones entering their airspace, with Poland deploying aviation twice in response to the ongoing Russian strikes on Ukraine.
