Ukraine mourns as rescuers search the rubble of a Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a missile

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says rescue operations have stretched into a second day at a major Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a Russian missile. Officials said Tuesday that at least 42 people throughout Ukraine were killed in Monday’s attacks, which targeted several cities. Zelenskyy posted on X on Tuesday that 64 people were hospitalized in the capital, in addition to 28 in Kryvyi Rih and six in Dnipro — both in central Ukraine. It was Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in almost four months. The strike on the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, which interrupted open-heart surgery and forced young cancer patients to take their treatments outdoors, has drawn international condemnation. Russia denies responsibility for the hospital strike.