Russian strike kills one and injures two in Kyiv, damaging clinic
A Russian air strike killed one person and injured two in Kyiv overnight, damaging a medical facility and a non-residential building. The attack came amid continuing strikes on energy infrastructure and efforts by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to ease tensions with US officials, making the conflict and the prospects for peace a focus of international diplomacy.
Zelensky said Russia had launched almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 66 missiles at Ukraine in the past week, mostly targeting energy facilities. Ukraine also struck an oil refinery in Saint Petersburg, where one person was killed and five were hospitalised. US President Donald Trump accused Zelensky of not wanting to end the war, while the Kremlin said Ukrainian attacks would not alter Russia’s aims.
- Russian strike kills one and injures two in Kyiv.
- A medical facility and another building were damaged.
- Ukraine reports thousands of Russian attacks in a week.
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, and the fighting has since affected cities across the country. Kyiv is Ukraine’s capital, while Russian forces have repeatedly used missiles, drones and bombs against targets far from the front line.
Volodymyr Zelensky is Ukraine’s president, and Donald Trump is the US president; the United States is an important partner in efforts to support Ukraine and pursue an end to the war. Both sides have also attacked infrastructure, including energy sites, which supply power and heat to homes and businesses. These attacks, and disagreements among leaders over how to end the conflict, affect civilians and shape international diplomacy.
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The case for
A defender of Russia’s campaign might argue that Moscow sees its attacks as part of a war to secure its stated strategic aims, and that pressure on infrastructure is intended to weaken Ukraine’s capacity to fight and strengthen Russia’s position in any eventual settlement. They could also point to Ukraine’s strike on an oil refinery in Saint Petersburg as evidence that both sides are extending attacks beyond the front line, while arguing that diplomacy requires attention to each side’s security claims.
The case against
Critics would argue that large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and a strike that killed a civilian and damaged a medical facility impose severe harm on ordinary people and undermine the protections owed to civilian sites. They would say that Ukraine’s attacks do not justify this harm, and that Russia’s continued strikes make claims of seeking a settlement harder to reconcile with its conduct.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “One dead and two injured after Russia air strike hits Kyiv buildings – including medical facility”.