Russian Strike Wounds Nine at Kherson Children's Hospital

On Oct. 29 a Russian strike on a children's hospital in Kherson wounded at least nine people, including four children, and caused extensive damage while roughly 100 people were inside. Footage showed shattered windows, debris and bloodstains, and Ukrainian leaders including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the ombudsman and the prime minister condemned the attack as a war crime. Moscow has not commented on the hospital strike and continues to deny targeting civilian infrastructure, even as Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have repeatedly hit hospitals, schools and other nonmilitary sites. The incident came amid intensified strikes on energy and infrastructure — separate Russian attacks cut power to about 27,000 homes in Odesa, and Kyiv has carried out long-range drone and strike missions against Russian refineries and gas plants. Russia reported heavy air-defence activity against Ukrainian drones over multiple regions and said Ukrainian strikes have caused casualties inside Russia, including in Belgorod and Shebekino; Kherson, temporarily occupied in 2022 and lying along the Dnipro frontline, continues to face frequent shelling and drone attacks that heighten risks to civilians.