At least three people have been injured and around 30 have had to be evacuated from a medical center in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, after the building was hit in a new attack by Russia in the context of the invasion launched in February 2022 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has stated in a communiqué shared on social media that the impact caused a fire in the health complex and caused partial damage on the second floor. For its part, the State Emergency Service has reported that the fire was put out by rescue teams dispatched to the scene.
The target of the attack was the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, located in the Shevchenkivski district, which has been forced to temporarily suspend its activity, as confirmed by its medical director, Ronan Derkach, in statements to the newspaper "The Kyiv Independent". "Fortunately, no healthcare worker has been injured," he said.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Air Force has detailed that Russian forces launched a total of 117 drones during the night and has specified that 80 were shot down by air-defense systems. However, it has acknowledged impacts in 24 different areas of the country, as well as the falling of debris from interceptions in another ten points of the territory.