Ukraine strikes hotel housing dozens of Russian soldiers - The Hill

Ukraine’s subject struck a edifice analyzable lodging dozens of Russian soldiers successful the occupied metropolis of Melitopol connected Saturday night, reportedly utilizing long-range artillery supplied by the United States.

Ivan Fedorov, the exiled politician of Melitopol, said successful a Telegram post that the edifice analyzable was lodging up to 200-300 Russian soldiers, adding that dozens of them were killed oregon wounded successful the attack. 

Russian authorities said that astatine slightest 2 radical were killed and 10 were wounded successful the attacks, Radio Free Europe reported.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the people successful Melitopol was astir 50 miles from the Sea of Azov, conscionable wrong the scope of U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket systems.

Footage of the burning edifice showed dormant and wounded Russian soldiers among the wreckage, per the Journal.

According to Radio Free Europe, Ukrainian forces targeted the Russian-controlled metropolis connected Saturday night, with respective of the missiles hitting hotels and restaurants connected the outskirts of the city. 

Fedorov added successful his Telegram station that wounded soldiers were taken to aesculapian facilities successful adjacent Crimea owed to debased abstraction successful the city’s hospitals, adding that immoderate ambulances were converted into morgues.

In the caller months, Russian forces person focused their rocket attacks connected Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure, resulting successful scattered powerfulness outages crossed the country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said much than a cardinal radical successful the Odesa portion were chopped disconnected from energy owed to Russian strikes connected Saturday.

The U.S. announced plans to supply $53 cardinal to Ukraine last week to assistance reconstruct the country’s vigor infrastructure.