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Russian Glide Bomb Hits Kharkiv Hospital as Overnight Strikes Kill at Least 4 Across Ukraine

Kyiv is using the hospital hit to press Washington this week for stronger air-defense support.

Overview

  • Officials reported 62 people injured in Kharkiv and 72 across Kharkiv, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts after the latest wave of attacks.
  • All 57 patients from the struck Kharkiv medical facility were transferred to another hospital for examinations, with many assessed for acute stress reactions.
  • State Emergency Service teams, including bomb disposal experts and psychologists, are working at the Kharkiv sites alongside police and medical staff.
  • Regional authorities said munitions damaged a hospital, an educational institution, industrial sites, homes, power lines and dozens of vehicles, with some injuries caused by shattered glass.
  • Russian forces used guided aerial bombs and FPV drones in multiple regions, as Zelenskyy prepares to meet US President Donald Trump on October 17 to discuss air defense and long-range strike capabilities.