Russian drone strike injures three at Kyiv trauma hospital amid interceptor delays

A Russian drone hit Kyiv’s National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics at about 3am, injuring three people and damaging the hospital and a nearby historic building. The strike came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said restrictions on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite system had slowed Ukrainian interceptors, allowing some Russian drones to evade them.

The blast shattered windows in nearby buildings, while firefighters helped patients leave the hospital. Russia said it had shot down nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones overnight and reported four deaths in Volgograd; Russian strikes also caused power outages across 12 Ukrainian regions. The attack unfolded amid US-led talks with Moscow and Kyiv over ending the war, with Russia demanding Ukrainian territory and France’s Emmanuel Macron calling for Europe to be included.