Russia blames Ukraine as 14 die in hospital missile strike, as Kyiv presses for more Western arms

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Russia blames Ukraine as 14 die in hospital missile strike, as Kyiv presses for more Western arms
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A top aide to Volodymyr Zelenskyy says some of Ukraine's Western allies have a 'conservative' attitude to weapons supply, as he outlined talks to speed up the delivery of missiles and aircraft to Kyiv.

Russia's defence ministry said Saturday that Ukrainian forces used US-made HIMARS rockets to strike a hospital in the eastern Ukrainian town of Novoaidar, killing 14 people.

The attacks continued on Saturday, when Russian missiles struck the city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk province.The missiles fell in a residential area, killing three civilians, wounding 14 and damaging four high-rise apartment buildings, a hotel and garages, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

Russian rockets hit a residential area the Donetsk town of Chasiv Yar on Friday night, killing of two people and wounding five more, the governor said.Donetsk province, where the territory is roughly split between Russian and Ukrainian control, has become the battle epicentre of the war as Moscow tries to jump-start a months-long, grinding offensive to capture the city of Bakhmut.

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