Russian forces bombed a hospital in Kharkiv on Monday, leaving at least 73 people injured in an attack that also targeted energy infrastructure across several Ukrainian regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on X that the military targeted a city clinical hospital directly. The cardiology department, where patients were receiving treatment, sustained heavy damage.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov confirmed the facility suffered severe destruction during the overnight bombardment, with more than 1,000 windows shattered.
President Zelenskyy described the offensive as a complex, massive attack aimed at power generation facilities and substations. The strikes hit the Odesa, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv, and Rivne regions.
The overnight barrage involved 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles, and 59 cruise missiles. This escalation followed a strike on an aid distribution centre that killed at least 31 people a day earlier.
The Russian Ministry of Defence reported that its forces struck electricity facilities in the Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions. Moscow stated these sites supplied power to the Ukrainian army and military factories.
Governor Vitalii Bunechko reported that more than 180,000 residents were left without power in the Zhytomyr region on Tuesday morning. Odesa also implemented scheduled power outages following the infrastructure strikes.
In Russia, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev stated that two employees were injured during a Ukrainian drone attack that caused a fire at an oil refinery in Yaroslavl.
These military developments coincide with diplomatic efforts led by the United States to end the conflict. US, Russian, and Ukrainian officials are scheduled to meet in Abu Dhabi next week.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff stated on X that the discussions will centre on post-war security arrangements, de-escalation, humanitarian efforts, and next steps toward peace.
Witkoff added that US negotiators will meet with representatives from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and NATO in Brussels this week to discuss security guarantees and economic support for reconstruction.
