Zelenski has accused Russia of war crime after the attack with dozens of injured in Kharkov

The blow to the eastern city of Kharkov, which caused damage to a military hospital, among other structures, became when Ukraine sought strong support from Western allies to put pressure on Russia to end its full-time invasion of its smaller neighbor.

Mayor Igor Terekhov said five children were injured in the attack, which also caused damage to several dozen residential buildings and a hostel, which housed refugees from the war.

Survival, who identifies himself as Anton, described how he escaped to an adjoining room in his apartment when a drone hit him and bombarded him with shrapnel. « I had already said goodbye to life, » said the 22-year-old youth whose head and left hand were heavily bandaged.

Exchange of accusations that the truce has been violated

The Ukrainian Air Force announced on Sunday that Russia had fired 111 drones and a ballistic rocket at night, causing damage to the Kharkov, sums, Odessa and Donetsk areas. It says that the air defense has removed 65 drones and silenced another 35.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced in its daily random that its forces have hit 140 regions in Ukraine, including military airports and ammunition warehouses. There was no mention of the hospital.

Both sides have accused themselves of each other in recent days of breaching a partial truce achieved through the US mediation, and Russia continued to send regular swarms of drones over Ukraine.

In a statement on Sunday, Zelenski said Ukraine is expecting a response from the US and other allies to almost daily attacks, adding that Moscow has fired over 1000 drones in the last week. « Russia delayed the war and we provide our partners with complete information about the blows that the Russian army inflicts and the actions it is being prepared for, » he said.

In recent days, Zelenski has also warned that Russia has been planning a spring offensive in parts of northeastern Ukraine.

The peaceful effort led by US President Donald Trump, whose administration is striving for closer ties with Russia, has caused fears in Kiev and Europe that Ukraine can be pressed to make many more concessions than Moscow.

During a summit in Paris last week, European leaders promised to strengthen the army of Kiev, while France and the United Kingdom tried to expand the support for a planned foreign « sedative power » in the event of a truce with Russia.

Following the attack in Kharkov, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Baro said Russia violated the truce that Ukraine obeys. « Ukraine agreed to the termination of fire proposed by the United States. But Russia continues its war crimes, just yesterday in Kharkov, » he wrote in X.