Russian forces launched a deadly 'double-tap' drone strike on a hospital in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, killing at least nine people and injuring over 20 others.
The attack targeted the medical center twice, with the second strike hitting as the building was being evacuated. Ukrainian officials and the U.N. have condemned the assault, highlighting the ongoing targeting of civilian infrastructure in the conflict. President Zelensky has denounced the strikes as part of Russia's broader war on medical facilities.
The incident underscores the continued humanitarian toll of the war in Ukraine.
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Russian strikes on a medical center kill 9 people in the Ukrainian city of Sumy
Officials say at least seven people have died in two consecutive Russian drone strikes on a medical center in the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine
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Ukraine authorities: 10 killed in Russian 'double-tap' attack on hospital
Authorities said 10 people died and 22 were wounded in a "double-tap" airstrike on a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Saturday as President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Russia's "war" on medical facilities.
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