💥 Attack

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.

Velykyi Burluk, Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russian forces dropped two guided aerial bombs on the hospital in Velykyi Burluk at 21:45

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

One bomb landed nearby the hospital and another scored a direct hit

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Police and State Emergency Service evacuated 38 people from the hospital, including 33 patients and five staff members

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Two of the evacuated patients were bed-bound

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Casualties resulted from the attack

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Assistance was rendered to four people at the scene

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The hospital facade, windows, and roof were damaged

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with drones on the night of 31 January - 1 February, damaging civilian business premises and causing a fire

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Three UAVs impacted in the Osnovianskyi district

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Some Russian drones did not reach their targets thanks to air defence forces

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian troops attacked 17 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast, damaging residential buildings, houses, agricultural enterprises, and power lines.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:27.570Z

Source story: 3821081-russian-forces-drop-two-areal-bombs-on-hospital-in-kharkiv-regions-velykyi-burluk