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Russia accused the Ukrainian military of deliberately striking a hospital in a Russian-held area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday in what it said was a war crime that killed 14 people and wounded 24 patients and medical staff.
Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 14 in ‘deliberate’ strike on hospital
Jan 28 (Reuters) – Russia accused the Ukrainian military
of deliberately striking a hospital in a Russian-held area of
eastern Ukraine on Saturday in what it said was a war crime that
killed 14 people and wounded 24 patients and medical staff.
There was no immediate response to the allegations from
Ukraine. Reuters was not able to independently verify the
report.
The alleged strike hit a hospital in the Russian-held
settlement of Novoaidar and was carried out using a
U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket launch system, the Russian defence
ministry said in a statement.
“A deliberate missile strike against a known functioning
civilian medical facility is without doubt a serious war crime
by the Kyiv regime,” the defence ministry said.
