Russia Ukraine war live: UN says Kyiv hospital likely hit by direct strike as Russia blamed for 34 dead

The Russian Ministry of Defence has posted images of its soldiers somewhere in occupied Ukraine.

The death toll from Russia’s multiple attacks on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday has risen to 33, the state emergency service has announced.

It comes after they found the body of a girl born in 2006 buried beneath the rubble of a destroyed building in the northwest Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv.

Two buildings were destroyed in that district, including the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital. The girl’s body was discovered in the second destroyed building.

Russia-launched drones attacked an energy facility in Ukraine‘s Rivne region, national grid operator Ukrenergo said on Wednesday.

Fire has been localized at the site and no casualties were reported, according to Rivne regional governor Oleksandr Koval.

The attack caused temporary power cuts for consumers in the region, Ukrenergo said.

A Russian missile attack on the Odesa region killed two people and damaged port infrastructure on Wednesday, the region’s governor said.

The attack damaged warehouses, trucks and a civilian ship, the governor said. One person was also injured, he said.

Below are some of the latest photos coming out of Ukraine.

The sky was crystal clear as Oksana Femeniuk took her daughter to Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital for routine dialysis.

Around 10 a.m, air-raid sirens blared. Sixteen-year old Solomiia was undergoing the treatment that required her to sit still for up to five hours and could not be interrupted. Her mother had to flee to the hospital’s basement shelter without her.

Hurtling toward them at 700-800 kilometers (435-497 miles) per hour was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile, according to Ukraine’s security service, the United Nations and open-source investigators. Using painstaking trial and error, Russia has modified the weapon over the last year to defeat Ukraine’s air defense systems by flying at low altititude and hugging terrain, according to military analysts.

75 years after 12 countries came together in Washington to sign a historic mutual defense pact in the wake of the Second World War, the president touted the alliance’s progress before leaders representing the 32 treaty signatories at the annual NATO leaders’ summit.

Speaking before an audience of NATO leaders, including newly-minted British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Biden said the North Atlantic Treaty, that the alliance birthed 75 years ago, is stronger and more vital than ever and promised it would continue to support Ukraine’s defense needs.

“We know Putin won’t stop at Ukraine, but make no mistake, Ukraine can and will stop Putin,” he said. The US and partner nations intend to provide Ukraine with five “strategic air defense systems” in the coming months and “dozens” of “tactical air defense systems”, Biden added.