At least nine people were killed in a double Russian strike targeting a hospital in the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry announced on Saturday. There are many injured.
‘In Sumy, the Russians struck a medical establishment twice: so far, six people have been killed,’ Interior Minister Igor Klymenko announced on Telegram. A little later, the toll rose: ‘It is now established that nine people were killed and 12 were injured,’ the Sumy regional administration announced on Telegram.
The first attack ‘killed at least one person’ and damaged several floors of a hospital, leading to its evacuation. While rescuers and police arrived on the scene, ‘the enemy struck again during the evacuation of patients’.
Sumy is the main city of a border region with Russia which bears the same name. Regional authorities specify on Telegram that the two Russian strikes were carried out with Shahed drones. The second attack also hit a residential area.
Regional authorities clarified on Telegram that the two Russian strikes were carried out with Shahed drones. The second attack also hit a residential area.
Chinese warning to the UN
For his part, the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs warned on Saturday at the UN platform against an ‘expansion’ of the conflict in Ukraine. “The first priority is to engage against an expansion of the battlefield, an escalation of fighting and any provocation from any side,” Wang Yi said.
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