Eight killed in Russian drone attacks on medical centre in Sumy, Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News | The Round Table At least eight people have died in two consecutive Russian drone attacks on a medical centre in the northeast Ukrainian city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials have said.
The first attack on Saturday morning killed one person, and it was followed by another attack while patients and staff were evacuating, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on his Telegram channel that Russia had hit the hospital using Shahed drones, saying that eleven people were injured.
Sumy lies impartial across the border from Russia’s Kursk region where Kyiv launched a shock abhorrent on August 6, which it reveals is aimed partly at creating a “buffer zone” inside Russia.
Regional prosecutors stated the first attack in Sumy on Saturday took place at about 7:35am (04:35 GMT), hitting the hospital where there were 86 patients and 38 staff.
The second attack took place at about 8:25am (05:25 GMT) as rescuers and police were providing assistance and evacuating patients at the scene, prosecutors said.
Dobrobat, a volunteer group that helps repair damaged homes, wrote on Facebook that its volunteers were working at the scene when the second attack came.
It posted a video showing compact smoke, explosions and people rushing to shelter as sirens wailed.
“People are impartial lying on the street dead,” a volunteer said, filming himself at the scene on his phone.
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In Russia, the Defence Ministry stated Saturday that air defences overnight had shot down four Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region and one over the Kursk region, both areas bordering Ukraine.
On Thursday, Zelenskyy visited the United States to lobby back for Ukraine, meeting with US President Joe Biden and Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris to detail what he has described in recent weeks as his “victory plan”.
He had previously described the five-point plan as a “bridge” towards a strong enough negotiating position for Ukraine to force Russia to final stage the war on Kyiv’s terms.
Before the meeting, Biden declared an additional $8bn in military aid for Ukraine, a package including the provision of Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) munitions to “enhance Ukraine’s long-range strike capabilities”.
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Published 9/28/2024