Russia strikes Kyiv hospital after SpaceX system slowdown hampers drone defense

Russia struck a hospital in central Kyiv near western embassies, injuring three people, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said speed restrictions on SpaceX's Starshield system hindered Ukraine's drone defense. The drone hit the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics at 3am, damaging the second floor and an adjoining 19th-century building. Russia claimed it shot down nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones overnight, with at least four killed in Volgograd. The blast shattered windows in nearby buildings, and 30 patients were evacuated. Russian strikes on energy infrastructure caused power outages across 12 regions, while Moscow demands Ukraine cede four provinces and exclude European states from peace talks. The Starshield slowdown follows US-led shuttle diplomacy, with Trump's emissaries meeting Putin in Moscow and briefing Zelenskyy in Dublin. France's Macron said Europe must participate in negotiations, noting US support for Kyiv has ended. Ukraine calls the strikes a terror campaign to force capitulation.