Kharkiv, Ukraine experienced a series of missile attacks by Russian forces targeting various locations, including a psychiatric hospital. The barrage began on the night of April 26 and continued into the early hours of April 27. Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov confirmed that a missile struck a medical facility, resulting in no casualties. However, another report indicated that the psychiatric hospital was hit, damaging a building housing 60 patients and 5 medical staff, all of whom were safely evacuated. One man sustained shrapnel wounds during the attack. The city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov, noted that at the time of the strike, the hospital had 900 patients and 250 staff present.
Today, Russia chose a psychiatric hospital in #Kharkiv as a target for its #missile strike. 60 patients and 5 hospital employees were in one of its buildings at the time of the hit. One patient, born in 1970, suffered shrapnel wounds, reported the Oblast police.
Air alert in eastern Ukraine. Explosion near Dnepropetrovsk. https://t.co/73sCYbedzI
Last night, russian troops fired missiles at the Kharkiv psychiatric hospital, striking the area between its buildings. One patient sustained shrapnel wounds. It is difficult to fully grasp the terror that the approximately 900 other patients at the hospital must have experienced https://t.co/qIdawxnXKh
Series of explosions ring out in Kharkiv, damaging medical facility and injuring one patient – photos https://t.co/2mxr7o4GuE
Last night, #Russian missiles attacked a hospital in Kharkiv (eastern #Ukraine). A man was wounded. According to city mayor Ihor Terekhov, at that time of the air strikes there were 900 patients & 250 staff in the hospital. The missiles hit the ground near the hospital. https://t.co/QYoy3dac3x
As the barrage of russian missiles is again coming at Ukraine, Kharkiv continues to endure a large-scale terror campaign, w a mental hospital becoming russia's latest target. The shelling damaged a building w 60 patients & 5 medics inside, all were evacuated 📷 National police https://t.co/w89ZZcPec7
⚡️Explosions reported in Dnipro. The sounds of explosions were heard in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in the early hours of April 26, according to a correspondent from the news outlet Suspilne.
⚡️Explosions reported in Kharkiv. Residents heard explosions in the city of Kharkiv shortly after midnight on April 27. Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said a missile hit a medical facility. There were no casualties.
⚡️ Khrakiv is under ballistic missile barrage attack!
Explosions rock the city of Kharkiv https://t.co/7KNT2sTffr