Russian forces dropped two guided aerial bombs on a hospital in Velykyi Burluk, Kharkiv Oblast, causing casualties and damaging the building facade, windows, and roof. Emergency services evacuated 38 people from the facility, including 33 patients and five staff members.
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Russian forces dropped two guided aerial bombs on the hospital in Velykyi Burluk at 21:45
One bomb landed nearby the hospital and another scored a direct hit
Police and State Emergency Service evacuated 38 people from the hospital, including 33 patients and five staff members
Two of the evacuated patients were bed-bound
Casualties resulted from the attack
Assistance was rendered to four people at the scene
The hospital facade, windows, and roof were damaged
The Russian strike on what appeared to be an IRIS-T system was actually a decoy placed at the site of a previously destroyed S-300
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