Children's hospital hit as Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine
A children's hospital has been seriously damaged in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv by Russian strikes, as 31 people were killed across the country in an early morning barrage, BBC reports.
At least 17 people were killed in Kyiv by the rare daytime attack, including two who died at the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital - Ukraine's biggest paediatrics facility - which sustained major damage during the blast.
The head of the military administration in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih said at least 10 people had been killed there, with three more killed in the eastern town of Pokrovsk and one in Dnipro.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is visiting Poland where he signed a security pact, vowed to retaliate.
"Different cities: Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk. More than 40 missiles of various types. Residential buildings, infrastructure and a children's hospital were damaged," Mr Zelensky wrote earlier on social media.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on social media that a separate maternity unit in Kyiv had also been partially destroyed by falling debris, killing four people and wounding three.
