In Kharkiv, Russians struck medical facility: number of casualties has risen to 73. PHOTOS

On the night of 3 November, Russian forces launched an attack on Kharkiv using ballistic missiles and guided aerial bombs. One of the strikes was reported to have hit a medical facility.

According to Censor.NET, this was reported by Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.

A strike on a medical facility in the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv has been confirmed. Initially, 13 casualties were reported, but the number of people seeking medical attention later rose to 18.

According to updated information, the Russian strike hit the passageway between the buildings of one of the medical facilities.

The medical facility and residential buildings were damaged

As a result of the shelling, a building housing one of the medical wards, the windows of four high-rise residential blocks, and 10 cars were damaged.

Initial reports indicated that around 200 patients had been evacuated to other medical facilities. According to the latest figures, 226 people are being evacuated.

As of 06:15, the number of people injured in the attack had risen to 62. All are receiving medical treatment.

Emergency services are working at the scene, and efforts to deal with the aftermath of the Russian attack are ongoing.

As of 08:45, 73 people in Kharkiv had been injured as a result of the Russian attack.

According to the regional prosecutor’s office, the strike hit the passageway between the hospital’s buildings. Windows have been shattered in the hospital buildings, and the façade, wards and other areas have been damaged.

Another medical facility, a medical laboratory, the windows of 10 blocks of flats and 13 cars have also been damaged.

Those injured included hospital patients, medical staff and residents of nearby buildings. Most were diagnosed with acute stress reaction.

"Law enforcement officers have recovered fragments of the munition. According to preliminary data, it may have been a FAB-250 aerial bomb fitted with a UMPK-5R guidance module," the prosecutor’s office stated.