Ukrainian drones kill four in Russia, Kyiv hospital hit

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Russia said that it shot down nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of the largest swarms sent by Kyiv that resulted in the deaths of four people.

Russia said that it shot down nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of the largest swarms sent by Kyiv that resulted in the deaths of four people.

Ukrainian authorities reported that another night of Russian attacks had set a hospital ablaze and killed at least three people.

The deadly attacks came a day after intense diplomacy in US-led talks to end the war approaching its fifth year.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow yesterday before jetting to Dublin to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"In the course of the previous night... aerial defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,198" Ukrainian drones over more than 15 Russian regions, Russia's defence ministry said in a statement.

Four people working in an industrial zone, home to an oil refinery and a chemical factory, died in the southern Volgograd region, local authorities said.

In Ukraine, a hospital in Kyiv was damaged after a Russian attack triggered a fire and forced people to seek shelter. One person was wounded.

In Odesa, two people were killed and five wounded in the overnight barrage, with "private residential houses and cars" damaged, regional governor Oleg Kiper said on Telegram.

A Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia in the southeast killed a 17-year-old boy, acting regional governor Mykhailo Semikin said.

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