Russia strikes kill 38 in Ukraine, including hospice patients — SkimNews
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- Russia launched glide bomb and missile attacks on Ukraine, killing at least 38 civilians in the last 24 hours, including 33 in a strike on a humanitarian aid center in Komyshuvakha.
- Ukrainian authorities reported that nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit Komyshuvakha village, where residents were gathering for aid, trapping many under rubble with over 50 possibly still buried.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky stated the Komyshuvakha attack was one of the largest mass killings by Russia in the war and linked it to Ukraine’s proposal to expand a ceasefire allowing evacuations from Russian-occupied Oleshky.
- Russia’s defense ministry claimed it targeted Ukrainian military units and killed 25 servicemen, though BBC Russian correspondent Ilya Abishev found no evidence the aid center hosted military activity.
- Dnipro city officials evacuated nearly 50 terminally ill patients after a Russian missile destroyed a hospice, with Mayor Boris Filatov sharing images of elderly patients amid rubble to draw international attention.
- Kyivvodokanal cut off water supply to Kyiv due to damage from Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, while the city’s metro suspended operations amid worsening power shortages.
Why it matters: At least 38 civilians died in strikes on humanitarian and medical sites, including vulnerable patients, as Russia escalates attacks on infrastructure. With no evidence of military use at the Komyshuvakha aid center, the strikes deepen concerns over violations of international humanitarian law and Ukraine’s growing inability to defend civilians amid air defense shortages.
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