Russian attack on hospital, shopping center leaves 2 dead as Ukraine braces for fresh offensive

Two radical were killed and 35 others were injured aft a Russian drone onslaught struck a subject infirmary and buying halfway successful Ukraine precocious Saturday night, Ukrainian officials say.

Regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov condemned the onslaught connected Kharkiv successful a connection connected Sunday, saying a 67-year-old antheral and a 70-year-old pistillate were killed. The onslaught comes arsenic Russia's aggression successful Ukraine shows nary signs of stopping contempt efforts by President Donald Trump's medication to velocity on bid talks.

Ukraine says that galore of the casualties were servicemen undergoing attraction astatine the subject hospital.

Ukraine's aerial unit says the onslaught consisted of 111 Russian drones, 65 of which were changeable down and different 35 of which were disabled electronically oregon failed of their ain accord.

A car, destroyed by a Russian drone, successful the halfway of Kharkiv, Ukraine connected March 29, 2025. Two radical were killed successful a monolithic onslaught connected the metropolis astatine night. (Photo by Sofiia Bobok/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted precocious past week that Russian forces would ramp up their attacks successful the coming weeks successful an effort to bolster their negotiating presumption for bid talks.

"They’re dragging retired the talks and trying to get the U.S. stuck successful endless and pointless discussions astir fake ‘conditions’ conscionable to bargain clip and past effort to drawback much land," Zelenskyy said successful a Thursday sojourn to Paris.

Zelenskyy says Russia is boosting its violative up of bid talks. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Image)

Saturday night's onslaught came aft 4 radical died and 24 were injured Friday evening aft Russian drones struck Dnipro successful the country’s east, according to determination Gov. Serhii Lysak and Ukraine’s exigency service. At slightest 8 much radical were injured erstwhile a Russian ballistic rocket struck adjacent Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy’s hometown, Gov. Lysak reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin himself praised the "strategic initiative" of his forces connected Thursday.

"Our troops, our guys are moving guardant and liberating 1 territory aft another, 1 colony aft another, each day," helium said astatine a nationalist forum.

Putin praised his troops' "strategic initiative" during a nationalist forum past week. (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy has pleaded with Trump's medication not to springiness successful to Putin's demands astatine the negotiating table.

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On Thursday, Zelenskyy met with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a acme successful Paris of immoderate 30 nations astir however to fortify Kyiv’s manus and its subject arsenic it pushes for a ceasefire with Russia. Proposals to deploy European troops in the state successful tandem with immoderate bid woody are besides being discussed.

Fox News' Michael Dorgan and the Associated Press contributed to this report.