Russia attacked a hospital in central kyiv, near several Western embassies, after Volodymyr Zelenskyy said speed restrictions on SpaceX’s Starshield system had made it difficult for Ukraine to shoot down enemy drones. Three people were injured when a drone crashed into the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics at 3 a.m., hitting the second floor of the hospital and an adjacent 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 Volgograd region. Russian drone attacks medical center in kyiv The explosion in kyiv blew out windows in nearby buildings, including the National Academy of Arts across the street. The six-story 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 courtyard as smoke billowed from the burning building and firefighters carried dazed patients to safety, a witness, Oleksandr, said the attack had narrowly missed the patients. “We were asleep when there was a big bang. We all jumped out of bed immediately. “There was glass all over the floor. People were running… If it had hit a little further to the left it would have been much worse. We feel the shock wave.” And he added: “Aiming at the wounded is really not enough. Russia attacks everything. Where I live, high-rise blocks are constantly bombed. They don’t care where they are dropped or where they land.” Ukraine says the attacks are part of an illegal campaign of terror. Russia has recently stepped up its attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure, attacking power plants, passenger trains and two bridges over the Dnipro River. Ukraine says the attacks are part of a campaign of terror, designed to make a weary population capitulate. On Thursday, Zelenskyy said the Starshield system, operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and overseen by El Pentagon – was again experiencing significant disruptions, after an unexplained slowdown last month. Said that some Russian air raids had been successful because Ukrainian interceptor systems that rely on the American satellite service could not reach the speed necessary to shoot down enemy drones Starshield is the Ukrainian military version of Starlink. After the attack, firefighters carried the stunned patients to safety Trump’s emissaries, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and real estate developer Steve. Witkoff, met with Putin in Moscow on Thursday. They then flew to Dublin to brief Zelenskyy on their talks, which came after trilateral talks on Tuesday and Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. Kremlin negotiators insist that Ukraine hand over four Ukrainian provinces, including cities and hospital emergency services. At the same time, Moscow does not want European states to participate in US-mediated talks to end the war in Ukraine. Ukraine,” Macron said. “At the end of the day, it will be us who define and decide our future security as Europeans.” Meanwhile, Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight caused power outages in 12 regions, said Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov. Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Rivne, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv. “Energy workers are working at an intensified pace, but new attacks and constant airstrike warnings are complicating and delaying repairs,” Nekrasov In kyiv, the director of the orthopedic hospital, Roman Derkach, said medical services had been temporarily suspended while a cleanup operation was launched.
