INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES au NEWSLETTER SIGNUP My account Log Out Sep 29, 6:06 AM AEST Business News Sports Technology Entertainment NEWSLETTER My account Log Out Australia edition Business News Sports Technology Entertainment Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States NEWSLETTER Follow Us Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States Ukraine Says 10 Killed In Russian Strikes On Hospital By AFP news Published 09/29/24 AT 6:06 AM AEST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket Zelensky condemned Russia for 'waging war on hospitals' AFP Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Moscow for "waging war on hospitals" after Russian strikes on a hospital in the border city of Sumy killed 10 people Saturday. Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko wrote on Telegram that the first strike "killed one person" and damaged several floors of the hospital. "During the evacuation of patients, the enemy struck again," he added.
Sumy lies just across the border from Russia's Kursk region, where Kyiv launched a surprise offensive on August 6, aimed in part at creating a "buffer zone" inside Russia. "Russia hit one of the city's hospitals with Shahed drones," Zelensky wrote on Telegram. The attack hit the St Panteleimon Clinical Hospital near the city centre, officials said, with a nurse among the dead.
The attack comes as Zelensky is pressing Kyiv's Western.
