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KYIV, Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Russian forces launched powerful glide bombs<\/a> and drones against Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city in overnight attacks, hitting a hospital and wounding seven people, an official said Tuesday, as European military aid for Kyiv dropped sharply and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to ask U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> for Tomahawk missiles.<\/p>\n

The Russian attack on Kharkiv in Ukraine\u2019s northeast hit the city’s main hospital, forcing the evacuation of 50 patients, regional head Oleh Syniehubov said. The attack\u2019s main targets were energy facilities, Zelenskyy said, without providing details of what was hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day, every night, Russia strikes power plants, power lines, and our (natural) gas facilities,\u201d Zelenskyy said on Telegram.<\/p>\n

Russian long-range strikes on its neighbor’s power grid are part of a campaign<\/a> since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022 to disable Ukraine\u2019s power supply, denying civilians heat and running water during the bitter winter.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian leader urged foreign countries to help blunt Russia\u2019s long-range attacks by providing more air defense systems for the country, which is almost the size of Texas and hard to defend from the air in its entirety.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are counting on the actions of the U.S. and Europe, the G7, all partners who have these systems and can provide them to protect our people,\u201d Zelenskyy said. \u201cThe world must force Moscow to sit down at the table for real negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the latest data on foreign military aid to Ukraine showed a sharp drop-off in recent help.<\/p>\n

Military aid in July and August plunged by 43% compared to the first half of the year, Germany\u2019s Kiel Institute, which tracks support to Ukraine, said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

That fall occurred after the creation of a fund that pools contributions from NATO members, except the United States, to purchase American weapons, munitions and equipment for Ukraine. The financial arrangement is known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL.<\/p>\n

In the first half of 2025, military aid had exceeded what was sent between 2022-2024, despite the lack of U.S. contributions, the institute said. <\/p>\n

Zelenskyy is due to meet with Trump in Washington on Friday.<\/p>\n

The talks are expected to center on the potential U.S. provision to Ukraine of sophisticated long-range weapons that can hit back at Russia.<\/p>\n

Trump has warned Moscow that he may send Tomahawk cruise missiles for Ukraine to use. Such a move, previously ruled out by Washington for fear of escalating the war, would deepen tensions between the United States and Russia.<\/p>\n

But it could provide leverage to help push Moscow into negotiations after Trump expressed frustration<\/a> over Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s refusal to budge<\/a> on key aspects of a possible peace deal.<\/p>\n

Tomahawk missiles would be the longest-range missiles in Kyiv\u2019s arsenal and could allow it to strike targets deep inside Russia, including Moscow, with precision. Unlike the drones that Ukraine has used for such strikes so far, Tomahawks carry a much heavier warhead and are more difficult to intercept as they fly at low altitude to dodge air defenses.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s long-range attacks are already taking a toll on Russian oil production, Ukrainian officials and foreign military analysts say.<\/p>\n

Its strikes using newly developed long-range missiles and drones are causing significant gas shortages in Russia<\/a>, according to Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

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Follow AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KYIV, Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Russian forces launched powerful glide bombs and drones against Ukraine\u2019s second-largest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[164049,3907,51,4179,105,285,332,7661,10673,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-499901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-164049","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-general-news","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-russia","15":"tag-russia-ukraine-war","16":"tag-washington-news","17":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115374883772153756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}