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Russian Attacks on Sumy Hospital Kill 10, Injure 22, Ukraine Says

Two consecutive strikes targeted the hospital during evacuation efforts, leading to significant casualties and damage.

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attacks, calling them a war on hospitals and civilian lives.
  • The strikes involved loitering munitions, or suicide drones, that hit the Saint Panteleimon clinical hospital.
  • Most casualties occurred during the second strike, which hit as first responders and patients were evacuating.
  • Additional Russian missile and airstrikes across Ukraine have resulted in further civilian casualties and injuries.
  • Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned against provoking a nuclear power in his UN General Assembly speech.
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