Russian strikes hit medical facilities in Ukraine, injuring 73 people in Kharkiv and damaging a recently renovated hospice in Dnipro, Seznam Zprávy reported. In Kharkiv, a bomb struck the passageway between hospital buildings, damaging an interior department, the facade, and windows. The regional prosecutor’s office stated that a laboratory, an adjacent healthcare facility, and the windows of ten surrounding apartment buildings also sustained damage. Oleh Syněhubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, reported that patients were evacuated to other hospitals following the blast.
Novinky reported that Kharkiv mayor Ihor Těrechov stated the attack shattered more than 1,000 hospital windows. The city council announced that the strikes on municipal infrastructure disrupted heating and hot water supplies across parts of the city. Zdravotnický deník noted that patients, hospital staff, and residents of nearby buildings accounted for the 73 injured individuals in Kharkiv.
Dnipro Hospice Evacuated After Air Strikes
Russian forces executed drone and missile strikes across four locations in Dnipro, damaging a hospital and another medical facility, according to regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanža. Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov specified on Telegram that the targeted facility was a municipal hospice that had recently undergone repairs. Nearly 50 terminally ill patients, the oldest aged 90, were transferred to other hospitals. Filatov published images of the damaged rooms, stating that the world must witness the targeting of dying patients.
Zdravotnický deník reported that while nobody died at the Dnipro hospice itself, one person was killed elsewhere in the city as rescue workers pulled a body from the rubble of a destroyed home. Seventeen others sustained injuries in Dnipro, with three victims in critical condition. Russian Ministry of Defense statements cited by Novinky confirmed widespread strikes targeting energy infrastructure across the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Vinnytsia regions overnight.
Questions on Medical Facility Strikes
Oleh Syněhubov reported that 226 patients were moved out of the damaged facility to other area hospitals.
What type of facility was hit in Dnipro?
Mayor Borys Filatov confirmed that the targeted building was a municipal hospice housing nearly 50 terminally ill patients.