A Russian drone strike caused structural damage to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, halting medical services and forcing thirty patients to evacuate. The attack blew out windows in neighboring buildings, including the National Academy of Arts located in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Across the country, simultaneous assaults knocked out electrical infrastructure, while Russia reported fatal cross-border drone incursions in its southern Volgograd region.
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Russia has attacked a hospital in the centre of Kyiv, close to several western embassies, after Volodymyr Zelenskyy said speed restrictions on SpaceX’s Starshield system had made it harder for Ukraine to shoot down enemy drones.
Three people were injured when a drone smashed into the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics at 3am, hitting the second floor of the hospital and an adjoining 19th-century building.
Meanwhile, Russia claimed it had shot down nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of the largest swarms sent by Kyiv. It reported that at least four people were killed in the southern region of Volgograd.
The blast in Kyiv blew out windows in nearby buildings including in the National Academy of Arts across the road. The six-storey hospital is located in the Shevchenkivskyi district, not far from the Danish and Romanian embassies, as well as cafes and a park popular with dog walkers.
Standing in the yard as smoke billowed from the burning building, and firefighters led dazed patients to safety, one witness, Oleksandr, said the attack had narrowly missed patients. “We were asleep…
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