Russia has attacked a psychiatric hospital near the city of Izyum in eastern Ukraine, according to regional authorities.
330 patients were in a psychiatric hospital when the Russian attack happened
Oleh Synegubov, governor of the Kharkov region, has stated that 330 people, including 10 in wheelchairs and 50 with reduced mobility. They were on site at the time of the attack 73 people could be evacuated, he added.
“Fortunately, there are no victims,” the Ukrainian governor said a little later, adding that “the structure of the building was destroyed at the level of the 2nd and 3rd floors.”
“The Russians again carried out a brutal attack on civilians,” Sinegoubov said. “It’s a war crime against civiliansa genocide of the Ukrainian nation!”, he published on his YouTube channel. Telegram.
This bombardment occurs two days after the air strikes that reached a pediatric hospital and a maternity hospital in Mariupol. A besieged port in southern Ukraine.
#LAST MINUTE Russia bombed a psychoneurological boarding school in northeastern Ukraine: more than 300 patients survived because they were in a shelter https://t.co/sDYOHLVawj pic.twitter.com/9A2y8c4SsC
— We monitor (@we monitor) March 11, 2022
The double Russian attack on the children’s hospital in Mariupol, missile bombing and ‘fake news’
These attacks, which provoked a wave of outrage around the worldleft three dead, including a girl, and many injured.
According to Sinegoubov, the Russian army “has no choice but to cynically attack the civilian population” in the face of the resistance of the ukrainian army. After more than two weeks of fighting.
WHO confirms 18 attacks on hospitals, ambulances and health personnel in Ukraine
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that so far the who has verified 18 attacks against health facilities. As well as health and ambulance workers amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including 10 dead and 16 injured.
“These attacks deprive entire communities of medical care,” he said.
WHO: Multiple attacks on hospitals amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Just a few days ago, the United Nations expressed its “shock” at the reports of a Russian attack on a children’s hospital and a maternity ward in the city of Mariupol. The attack left children buried under the rubble, according to Ukrainian officials.
The bombing has not been independently verified, but the spokesman for the UN secretary generalStephane Dujarric. He said that the UN was urgently investigating the “shocking” reports.
He reiterated the UN call for the immediate cessation of attacks against medical care, the hospitals. As well as those health workers and ambulances, recalling that “none of these should ever be targeted.”
Any attack on healthcareis a clear violation of International Humanitarian Law.
In a tweet, Guterres described reports of the attack as “horrific,” noting that civilians were paying. “The highest price for a war that has nothing to do with them.” This senseless violence must stop.”
The number of victims is not yet known, but they fear the worst
In a statement, UNICEF chief Catherine Russell said she was “horrified by the reported attack… an attack that reportedly left young children and women in labor buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings. We still don’t know the number of victims, but we fear the worst.”
“This attack, if confirmed, underscores the horrible toll this war is taking on the children and families of Ukraine,” he added. “In less than two weeks, at least 37 children have been killed and 50 injured, while more than a million children have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries.
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