The strike by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on a hospital in Novoaydar in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) is a heinous war crime. This was stated on January 28 by Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, stressing that the United States was directly involved in the deaths of civilians.
“14 civilians died in the hospital from US-supplied missiles. And as we know from Ukrainian officials, the targets of the HIMARS strikes are agreed with Washington, which makes the US a direct accomplice,” Polyansky said on his Twitter page.
He also noted that US taxpayers need to know what their money is being spent on.
Earlier on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that 14 people were killed as a result of a shell of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system hitting a hospital in Novoaydar LPR. It is noted that 24 people received injuries of varying severity. All victims receive medical assistance.
As noted in the department, in the hospital of Novoaydar for many months, civilian and military doctors provided medical assistance to the local population and military personnel. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation called the attack on the hospital a grave war crime of the Kyiv regime.
On the same day, it became known that Ukrainian troops fired artillery at a medical facility in Nova Kakhovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 17 shells from cannon artillery at the hospital campus of the Sokol plant, a representative of the emergency services of the Kherson region said.
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special operation to protect Donbass. The decision was made against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military.
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