Two killed as Russian drones target Ukraine’s second-largest city

A military hospital was among the locations attacked in Kharkiv, officials said.

By contributor Associated Press reporter

Published Mar 30

Last updated Mar 30

Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house destroyed in a Russian strike on a residential area of Kharkiv (Andrii Marienko/AP/PA)

Two people have died and 35 others were injured after Russian drones hit a military hospital, shopping centre, apartment blocks and other buildings in Kharkiv late on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said.

Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said a 67-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman were killed in the attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Ukraine’s General Staff denounced the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the military hospital. Among the casualties were “servicemen who were undergoing treatment,” it said.