Russian strikes kill 4 in Ukraine, damage port, maternity hospital

Russian air attacks across Ukraine early Saturday killed at least four people and damaged critical infrastructure, including a port and a maternity hospital, authorities said, as Russia pressed on with its war against Ukraine.

Moscow has been firing drones at Ukraine in nightly barrages during its four-year invasion launched in February 2022, with Kyiv accusing it of attacking residential areas and targeting civilians.

In the southern port city of Odesa, two people were killed and at least 13 wounded, said Sergiy Lysak, the head of the city’s military administration, adding that one of the hits damaged a maternity hospital.

AFP images showed shattered windows, with rubble inside the building and shards of glass strewn across the floor and treatment chairs.

“There was no military purpose whatsoever — this was pure terror against ordinary civilian life,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media about the strikes on Odesa.

A port in the Odesa region was…