Zelenskyy condemns Russian attacks on Sumy hospital, updates death tollUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posted an update to the death toll in Saturday’s attacks on a medical centre in Sumy. Eight people have now been killed in the Russian strikes, with 11 more injured. Zelenskyy said 113 patients have been evacuated from the hospital.“Everyone in the world who speaks about this war must pay attention to what Russia is targeting,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “They are waging war on hospitals, civilian objects, and people’s lives. Only strength can force Russia into peace. Peace through strength is the only right way.”Sumy. Russia hit one of the city’s hospitals with “Shahed” drones. As of now, we know that 8 people have been killed. My condolences to their families and friends. Eleven others have been wounded, and 113 patients have been evacuated from the hospital. The rescue operation is… pic.twitter.com/liI6SVKvg7— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 28, 2024

ShareKey eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHere are some of the latest images coming in from the wires:Ukrainian servicemen of the 43 Artillery Brigade fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled cannon towards Russian positions at a front line in the Donetsk region on September 27, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesFirefighters and first aid responders conduct search and rescue operation as they intervene in damaged apartments after Russian missile attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine on September 27, 2024. The strike targeted the district police department, resulting in the deaths of four individuals. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesRescuers clean up debris at a hospital after attack of Russian drones on September 28, 2024 in Sumy, Ukraine. Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty ImagesShareToday so far

At least nine people were killed in two consecutive Russian attacks on a hospital in Sumy. Initial shelling had killed one and damaged several floors of the building, but Russian forces struck again during the evacuation of the hospital’s patients, authorities said. At least 12 were reported injured in the attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, one day after his meeting with Donald Trump in New York, condemned the Sumy attack. “Everyone in the world who speaks about this war must pay attention to what Russia is targeting,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “They are waging war on hospitals, civilian objects, and people’s lives. Only strength can force Russia into peace. Peace through strength is the only right way.”

In addition to the nine killed on Saturday, at least seven other civilians were killed throughout Ukraine over the past 24 hours, authorities said. Four were killed in Kryvyi Rih after a Russian missile struck a five-storey police administration building on Friday – authorities completed rescue efforts there today. Of the four killed in Kryvyi Rih, three were police officers. Meanwhile, other missile and air strikes on residential areas of the Kherson, Donetsk and Odesa oblasts left dozens more injured.

Russia is prepared to go to court over the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, with a foreign ministry spokeswoman saying on Saturday that Russia has filed “pre-trial claims” against Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Maria Zakharova accused the West of attempting to “sweep the matter under the carpet”, maintaining that the explosions that ruptured the multi-billion dollar pipeline in September 2022 – seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine – “an egregious act of international terrorism”.

Australia’s ABC News is rejecting Moscow’s claims that two of its journalists acted illegally by entering the Ukrainian-occupied Kursk region in Russia. The Russian news agency Tass reported on Friday that the Russian Federal Security Service had “initiated and is investigating criminal cases” against the broadcaster’s Europe correspondent Kathryn Diss and camera operator Fletcher Yeung, as well as Romanian journalist Barbu Mircea, for the crime of “Illegal crossing of Russia’s State Border” – a crime punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. Diss and Yeung were escorted by a Ukrainian military unit to Sudzha in the Kursk region on 31 August, marking the first time the broadcaster had entered Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
ShareRussia prepared to go to court over Nord Stream pipeline explosionsRussia has filed “pre-trial claims” against Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland over the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, accusing the West of trying to “sweep the matter under the carpet”, Reuters is reporting.The multi-billion dollar pipeline that carried natural gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea was ruptured by a series of blasts in September 2022, seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine.While no one has claimed responsibility for the explosions, Moscow – without providing evidence – has repeatedly accused the United States and the United Kingdom of carrying out the attacks. Both countries have denied the allegations. Last month, German prosecutors said they had issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian diving instructor in Poland in connection with the attacks, though a spokesman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied any involvement from Kyiv.On Saturday, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the “pre-trial claims” that Russia has filed against Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland are based on the 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.“If the issue is not resolved at this stage, then Russia intends to take the matter to court and appeal to the International Court of Justice in connection with the violation by the countries in question of their obligations under the conventions,” she said.“Other states that may have something to do with the Nord Stream blasts are next in line. The West will not get away with the attempts to ‘sweep the matter under the carpet’.”She called the blasts “an egregious act of international terrorism that falls under a number of international treaties that establish obligations to prevent, suppress, investigate, prosecute and co-operate with other states to achieve these goals”.“Unfortunately, we see that these commitments are not being fulfilled, despite repeated appeals by Russia.”ShareUpdated at 13.37 CESTA ninth person has died following the consecutive Russian strikes on a hospital in Sumy today.The initial shelling killed just one and destroyed several floors of the hospital, but Russian forces struck again during the evacuation of the hospital’s patients, authorities said. The regional military administration for the Sumy oblast has since updated the death toll to nine people killed, with 12 reported seriously injured.ShareAuthorities have completed rescue efforts in Kryvyi Rih, where a Russian missile struck a five-storey police administration building yesterday.The National Police of Ukraine have updated the death toll from this attack to four people killed, including three police officers. Six more were injured.У Кривому Розі завершено рятувальні роботи на місці вчорашнього удару по будівлі поліції.Внаслідок російської атаки по районному управлінню поліції загинуло чотири особи, серед яких троє працівників поліції.https://t.co/Yg4wuWKooX#stoprussia #поліція_на_війні pic.twitter.com/gingOL0FZt— Національна поліція України (@NPU_GOV_UA) September 28, 2024

ShareIn addition to the eight killed in the Russian attack on a hospital in Sumy, at least six other civilians were killed throughout Ukraine over the past 24 hours, authorities said.At least three were killed when a Russian missile struck a police administration building in Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, while other missile and air strikes on residential areas of the Kherson, Donetsk and Odesa oblasts left dozens more injured.At least 7 people were killed & 12 injured in a kamikaze drone attack on a hospital in Sumy in the morning. In addition, 6 civilians were killed & 41 injured, including 2 children, as a result of missile & air strikes on residential areas in Kherson, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk &… pic.twitter.com/hbwZVloFEq— Гюндуз Мамедов/Gyunduz Mamedov (@MamedovGyunduz) September 28, 2024

ShareZelenskyy condemns Russian attacks on Sumy hospital, updates death tollUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posted an update to the death toll in Saturday’s attacks on a medical centre in Sumy. Eight people have now been killed in the Russian strikes, with 11 more injured. Zelenskyy said 113 patients have been evacuated from the hospital.“Everyone in the world who speaks about this war must pay attention to what Russia is targeting,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “They are waging war on hospitals, civilian objects, and people’s lives. Only strength can force Russia into peace. Peace through strength is the only right way.”Sumy. Russia hit one of the city’s hospitals with “Shahed” drones. As of now, we know that 8 people have been killed. My condolences to their families and friends. Eleven others have been wounded, and 113 patients have been evacuated from the hospital. The rescue operation is… pic.twitter.com/liI6SVKvg7— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 28, 2024

ShareOne civilian killed in attack on Russia’s Belgorod oblastA civilian was killed in a drone attack in the city of Shebekino in Russia’s Belgorod oblast on Saturday, the regional governor said.Images and video posted on Telegram by regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov showed smoke billowing out of a window on the top floor of a building. In addition to the civilian who was killed, two more civilians were injured, Gladkov said – a man with a “mine-explosive injury and facial wounds” and a woman with a “mine-explosive injury and head and hand wounds”.The attack that struck the building caused a fire that was quickly put out, and damaged four other nearby buildings, puncturing gas and water pipes, Gladkov said. The attack blew out the glass of two social buildings and two commercial buildings, and damaged some vehicles.A drone that detonated in the courtyard of an apartment building damaged the windows of several apartments and hit four cars with shrapnel.Shebekino is located just under five miles (7.8 km) from the border of Ukraine. While Ukrainian armed forces have not claimed responsibility for the attack, there has been an increase of drones hitting Russia from across the border over the past months.ShareHere are some images from this morning’s Russian attack on a medical centre in Sumy. Authorities said Russian kamikaze drones struck the hospital twice: once destroying several floors of the building and killing one, and again while patients were evacuating.At least even people were killed and 12 people were injured in the consecutive attack.At least seven people were killed in a double strike by Russian forces on a medical centre in Sumy, Ukraine on September 28. 2024. Photograph: National Police Of Ukraine/ReutersThis handout photograph taken and released by the National Police of Ukraine on September 28, 2024, shows a damaged hospital building following a missile attack in Sumy. Photograph: Sergei Gapon/National Police of Ukraine/AFP/Getty ImagesThis handout photograph taken and released by the National Police of Ukraine on September 28, 2024, shows a damaged car in the courtyard of a hospital following a missile attack in Sumy. Photograph: Sergei Gapon/National Police of Ukraine/AFP/Getty ImagesShareAustralia’s ABC News is rejecting Moscow’s claims that two of its journalists acted illegally by entering the Ukrainian-occupied Kursk region in Russia.The Russian news agency Tass reported on Friday that the Russian Federal Security Service had “initiated and is investigating criminal cases” against the broadcaster’s Europe correspondent Kathryn Diss and camera operator Fletcher Yeung, as well as Romanian journalist Barbu Mircea, for the crime of “Illegal crossing of Russia’s State Border” – a crime punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment.Diss and Yeung were escorted by a Ukrainian military unit to Sudzha in the Kursk region on 31 August, marking the first time the broadcaster had entered Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.“We reject Russia’s claim that the ABC’s reporters have done anything illegal,” an ABC spokesperson said.“They were reporting from occupied territory in a war zone and in full compliance with international law.“Their reporting was done in the interests of keeping the public fully informed on a story of international importance.”More here:ShareUpdate: seven killed in Russian strikes on hospital in SumyThe regional military administration for the Sumy oblast has updated the death toll in Saturday’s attack on a medical centre. Seven people have now been killed, with 12 reported seriously injured.The regional military administration said on Telegram that Russian forces used Shakhed unmanned aerial drones to carry out the attack. A policeman was among those killed – this comes as rescuers continue searching the rubble that once was a police administration building in the central city of Kryvyi Rih. A Russian missile attack that struck this five-storey building on Friday killed at least three people and injured six others.ShareOpening summaryAt least six people were killed Saturday morning following two consecutive Russian strikes on a medical centre in Sumy, a city in northeastern Ukraine.Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s interior minister, said on Telegram that one person died in the initial shelling that destroyed several floors of the hospital – but during the evacuation of the hospital’s patients, Russian forces struck again, killing more. A policeman was one of the six confirmed dead.The deadly attack came after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Donald Trump in New York amid concerns over the future of US aid to Ukraine if Trump – who has frequently made complimentary remarks about Vladimir Putin – wins in November. The sit-down lasted less than an hour, during which Trump told Zelesnkyy that if he won November’s presidential election he would get the Ukraine war “resolved very quickly”.“We have a very good relationship, and I also have a very good relationship, as you know, with President Putin,” Trump said as he stood next to Zelenskyy before the meeting. “And I think if we win, I think we’re going to get it resolved very quickly … I really think we’re going to get it … but, you know, it takes two to tango.”Zelenskyy described the meeting as “very productive”.Elsewhere:

China and Brazil on Friday pressed ahead with an effort to gather developing countries behind a plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine – an effort that Zelenskyy has dismissed as one that serves Moscow’s interests. Seventeen countries attended a meeting on the sidelines of the UN general assembly chaired by China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, and Brazilian foreign policy adviser Celso Amorim. Wang told reporters they discussed the need to prevent escalation in the war, avoid the use of weapons of mass destruction and prevent attacks on nuclear power plants. Zelenskyy, in a speech to the assembly earlier this week, questioned why China and Brazil were proposing an alternative to his own peace formula. Proposing “alternatives, half-hearted settlement plans, so-called sets of principles” would only give Moscow the political space to continue the war, he said.

US secretary of state Antony Blinken, speaking after a meeting with Wang, underscored strong US concerns about China’s support for Russia’s defence industrial base. He told reporters that China, while saying it seeks an end to the Ukraine conflict, “is allowing its companies to take actions that are actually helping Putin continue the aggression. That doesn’t add up.”

South Korea’s foreign minister said Russia was engaging in illegal arms trade with North Korea, reiterating statements by the US, Ukraine and independent analysts that Pyongyang is supplying rockets and missiles in return for economic and other military assistance from Moscow. Misuse of Russia’s right to veto as a permanent member of the UN security council is hindering the UN’s efforts to end war, foreign minister Cho Tae-yul said during the UN general assembly on Saturday.

Finland will place a key Nato base less than 200 kilometers (125 miles) from its border with Russia, “sending a message” to its eastern neighbour, the defence ministry said Friday. Finland became a Nato member last year, dropping decades of military non-alignment after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

A Russian drone may have breached the national airspace of Nato member Romania for “a very brief period of under three minutes” overnight during an attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the Romanian defence ministry said on Friday. Three people were killed in the attack, according to Ukrainan officials.

Russia’s FSB security service is investigating three foreign journalists for reporting in parts of Russia’s Kursk region occupied by Ukrainian forces, bringing the total of such investigations to 12. The three, Kathryn Diss and Fletcher Yeung from Australia’s ABC News and Romanian journalist Mircea Barbu, are being investigated for illegally crossing the Russian border, state news agency Ria Novosti reported.
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