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Russian strike hits Kharkiv medical facility, injuring 62
Russian forces struck a medical facility in Kharkiv overnight on November 3 with ballistic missiles and guided bombs.
The strike hit a passageway connecting buildings in the city’s Nemyshliansky district and injured 62 people.
About 200 patients are being evacuated to other hospitals; one local account put the number at 226.
Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second-largest city and lies about 30 kilometres from the Russian border, and it has faced repeated attacks since the full-scale war began.
The strike damaged more than 1,000 windows at the facility and nearby apartment buildings, according to the city’s mayor.
Emergency services are working at the scene as the patient transfers proceed.
Russian forces also attacked Dnipro, where five people were injured and a residential building was damaged.
Russian forces struck a medical facility in Kharkiv overnight on Nov. 3, injuring 62 people, local authorities said.
The strike hit a passageway connecting buildings at the facility in the Nemyshliansky district.
Authorities said patients would be evacuated to other hospitals; one report gave the number as 226, while another said approximately 200.
The attack involved ballistic missiles and guided bombs, according to Kharkiv officials.
The strike also damaged more than 1,000 windows across the medical facility and nearby apartment buildings, the mayor said.
- Who
- Russian forces carried out the strike. Local authorities reported that 62 people were injured.
- What
- A medical facility was hit, and patients were to be evacuated to other hospitals.
- When
- Overnight on Nov. 3.
- Where
- The Nemyshliansky district of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Why
- Not stated
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Russian forces struck a medical facility in Kharkiv.
Local authorities reported 62 injuries and said patients would be evacuated to other hospitals.
- Injured
- 62 people
- Facility district
- Nemyshliansky, Kharkiv
- Patients to be evacuated
- 226, according to Meduza; approximately 200, according to the Kyiv Independent
- Damage
- More than 1,000 windows across the facility and surrounding apartment buildings
- Weapons reported
- Ballistic missiles and guided bombs