Russian drones hit Kyiv hospital, two killed in Odesa
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
A Russian drone attack hit a hospital in Kyiv’s Chevchenkivskyi district, causing a fire and partially destroying the second floor; staff evacuated 30 people and rescuers saved seven others. In Odesa, another strike killed two people and injured five, according to military administration chief Serhii Lysak, Africanews reports.
In Kyiv, a Russian drone strike caused a fire at a medical facility in the Chevchenkivskyi district and partially destroyed its second floor, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. Hospital staff evacuated 30 people and rescuers saved seven others.
Images released by emergency services notably show patients evacuated in wheelchairs moving around or using crutches, while firefighters tackled the blaze inside the building. The fire was subsequently extinguished, according to the State Emergency Service.
In Odesa, another Russian drone attack killed two people and injured five others, Serhii Lysak, head of the city’s military administration, said. A detached house and several vehicles were also damaged.
The attacks come as Russian air strikes against Ukraine continue more than four years after the start of the full-scale invasion launched by Moscow in February 2022, Africanews reports.
