Russian hospital attack maims patients and nurses in Kherson / The New Voice of Ukraine

Five patients and three nurses were injured in a Russian artillery strike on a hospital in Ukraine’s southern administrative center of Kherson late on July 1, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Telegram the following morning, posting photos of the aftermath.

The shelling took place around 11 p.m. EET. The hospital building was damaged.

Photo: Oleksandr Prokudin/Telegram

"A 44-year-old hospital worker was hospitalized with an explosive injury, contusion and a shrapnel wound to the chest. Two more patients, aged 54 and 44, are receiving outpatient treatment. Four other injured patients — men aged 58 and 60 and women aged 57 and 64 — continue to be treated in the medical facility. They have blast injuries, contusions, and various shrapnel wounds," Prokudin said.

Photo: Oleksandr Prokudin/Telegram

Another 69-year-old woman was treated on the spot and refused hospitalization.

Russia shells hospital in Kherson, injuring patients and nurses