Nine dead after a new Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumi

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A new attack was recorded in the Donetsk region, leaving two more dead

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The Ukrainian authorities reported this Saturday the death of nine people, as well as a dozen wounded, as a result of a new bombing by the Russian Armed Forces on a hospital in the city of Sumi.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reported that 113 patients have been evacuated as a result of the drone attacks, while rescue operations continue. “We save lives. We do our best to give our people the help they need,” he said.

“Everyone in the world who talks about this war should pay attention to where Russia is hitting. They are at war with hospitals, civilian property and people’s lives. Only force can force Russia to make peace,” he said.

Zelensky has emphasized that “peace through strength is the only correct path” and has thanked those who help them follow that path, which sounds like a veiled criticism of those who insist that Ukraine sit down to negotiate with Russia.

For his part, the Minister of the Interior of Ukraine, Igor Klimenko, has initially detailed that several floors of the medical center have been destroyed by two drones, the second of which hit when patient evacuation work was being carried out. and the staff.

Klimenko has highlighted that among the dead is a police officer. This is the colonel of the Sumi Police, Igor Poladich. For the second day in a row, the Ukrainian Police have lost members of their personnel,” Klimenko lamented, recalling the Russian attack the day before against a police station in Krivoy Rog.

In that city, on Friday Russian forces launched a series of attacks that left four people dead, one of whom was found in the last few hours under one of the buildings that were hit by the projectiles.

This Saturday, another offensive registered in the Donetsk region has left two more fatalities, according to its governor, Vadim Filashkin, who has detailed that the bombing has fallen on a small town in the city of Pokrovsk, one of several that They have been attacked throughout this day.

“It is likely that the number of victims will increase,” explained Filashkin, who put the number of attacks that occurred this Saturday in the region at 25. Some 2,555 people, including 142 minors, have been evacuated, he said.