INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Updates with new death tollRussian strikes on a hospital in the Ukrainian border city of Sumy killed 10 people Saturday as Ukraine's
the first strike "killed one person" and damaged several floors of the hospital."During the evacuation of patients, the enemy struck again,"
he added.Sumy lies just across the border from Russia's Kursk region, where Kyiv launched a surprise offensive on Aug
6, aimed in part at creating a "buffer zone" inside Russia."Russia hit one of the city's hospitals with Shahed drones," Zelensky wrote on
Telegram.The attack hit the St
Panteleimon Clinical Hospital near the city center, officials said, with a nurse among the dead.The attack comes as Zelensky is pressing
Kyiv's Western allies to allow the use of long-range precision weapons to strike deep inside Russia."Everyone in the world who speaks about
this war must pay attention to what Russia is targeting
They are waging war on hospitals, civilian facilities and people's lives," the president said.Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said
the hospital, rescuers carrying patients down the stairs and treating two policemen lying on the ground.On Saturday morning, three drones
attacked the regional capital city and two hit the hospital, Ukraine's air force said.A first strike was followed by another around an hour
later on Saturday morning, officials said, apparently targeting the rescue operation to maximize casualties.Images posted by officials
showed body bags lying on the pavement outside the four-story building with a destroyed entrance and the roof partially ripped off.The
hospital's director Volodymyr Potseluyev told Suspilne media outlet that the hospital's admission department, casualty department and fourth
floor were destroyed.He said seriously injured patients had been transferred to intensive care units at other hospitals.Regional authorities
said the strikes also hit a residential area and posted images of flats with broken windows.Dobrobat, a volunteer group that helps repair
damaged homes, wrote on Facebook that its volunteers were working at the scene when the second strike came.It posted a video showing thick
smoke, explosions and people rushing to take shelter as sirens wailed."People are just lying on the street dead," a volunteer said, filming
himself on his phone.Ukraine's air force reported shooting down 68 Russian attack drones out of 73 in multiple regions overnight, including
Sumy, and two out of four cruise missiles launched overnight by Russia.
