KYIV (The Thursday Times) — Russia bombed a hospital in Kharkiv overnight, injuring at least 73 people, and hit energy sites across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday, as the United States announced talks with both sides in Abu Dhabi next week.
Zelensky said the attack struck a city clinical hospital and damaged the cardiology department while patients were being treated. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the building was heavily damaged, with more than 1,000 windows shattered.
Zelensky said Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles overnight, mainly at power generation sites and substations in nine regions. More than 180,000 people lost power in the Zhytomyr region, its governor said, and Odesa brought in scheduled outages.
Russia’s defence ministry said it had targeted electricity sites that supplied the Ukrainian army and military factories. In Russia, a regional governor said two workers were injured when a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at an oil refinery in Yaroslavl.
The strikes came a day after Russian bombs hit an aid centre in Komyshuvakha, where the toll has risen to at least 31.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said US, Russian and Ukrainian officials would meet in Abu Dhabi next week to discuss “post-war security arrangements, de-escalation, humanitarian efforts, and next steps toward peace”. He said US negotiators would also meet representatives of France, Germany, Britain, the EU and Nato in Brussels this week.
