Russian forces launched powerful glide bombs and drones against Ukraine’s second-largest city in overnight attacks, hitting a hospital and wounding seven people, an official said Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared to travel to Washington and ask US President Donald Trump for more American military help.
The Russian attack on Kharkiv in Ukraine’s northeast hit the city’s main hospital, forcing the evacuation of 50 patients, regional head Oleh Syniehubov said.
The attack’s main targets were energy facilities, Zelensky said, without providing details of what was hit. 3
“Every day, every night, Russia strikes power plants, power lines, and our (natural) gas facilities,” Zelensky said on Telegram.
Russian long-range strikes on its neighbor’s power grid are part