Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nine dead as Kyiv children’s hospital hit in ‘genocidal’ hypersonic missile attack

Up to nine people have been killed and dozens injured in a “genocidal” attack on Kyiv which hit a children’s hospital, Ukrainian officials said.

The Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital was reduced to rubble as part of a Russian hypersonic missile barrage launched across different Ukrainian cities on Monday morning.

Across the country, 23 people have been killed and67 have been injured, according to the latest death toll. In Kyiv, nine have been killed and 20 were left injured.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak said the attack was “genocide” carried out by “Russian terrorists”.

“They beat the cities, where there were many people. They hit the children’s hospital. There are children. It is a terror that the world must see and respond to. This is genocide,” he said.

It comes as Vladimir Putin’s troops have dropped over 100 deadly glide bombs on Ukrainian territory amid intense fighting in the east of the country, according to Kyiv’s military.

The Russian army used 111 Soviet-era KAB bombs — which are retrofitted with precision guidance systems — to attack Ukrainian positions and settlements over the past 24 hours.

The Chinese military has begun joint drills in Belarus that are being held over the next 11 days in Brest, close to the border with Nato state Poland.

The joint military exercises by two of Russia’s most important allies come after Belarus became the 10th member of the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) during its 24th meeting of heads of council in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Belarus’s government said the drills “will allow… the laying of a foundation for further development of Belarusian-Chinese relations in the field of joint training of troops”.

Belarus has played a vital