Friday September 20, 2024

1 killed, 13 injured in Russia´s strike on nursing home in Ukraine

Published : 20 Sep 2024, 02:15

  DF News Desk
File Photo: Xinhua.

At least one person was killed and 13 others injured Thursday in a strike on Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy, reported Xinhua, quoting authorities.

Russian forces struck the city with a guided aerial bomb, hitting a nursing home for the elderly, according to the Sumy Regional Military Administration.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that nearly 300 people, including more than 200 patients and 60 staff members, were inside the building at the time of the strike.

As of Thursday evening, rescue efforts and evacuation of people at the site of the attack were underway.