In Kherson, Russian military forces struck a local hospital, resulting in injuries to four staff members of the medical facility. This was reported by the head of the Kherson Regional Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin.
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Details of the Attack on the Hospital
According to regional authorities, a “Molniya” type strike drone hit the hospital building located in the Central District of the city. As a result of the attack, a 67-year-old man and women aged 42, 51, and 39 were injured. Preliminary reports indicate that all sustained blast injuries. The injured are receiving necessary medical assistance.
“Four hospital workers were injured in the attack: a 67-year-old man and women aged 42, 51, and 39. Preliminary reports suggest they sustained blast injuries,” Prokudin wrote on his social media.
According to the city military administration, the drone penetrated the roof of the building, and windows were shattered in the medical facility. This is not the first instance of shelling of civilian infrastructure in the region.
Scale of Russian Attacks and Legal Qualification
According to Kherson regional authorities, in just the previous day, two people were killed and 14 were injured as a result of Russian attacks in the region. Russian military forces systematically use various types of weaponry – strike drones, missiles, aerial bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems – attacking Ukrainian cities and civilian objects across all regions of the country.
Ukrainian authorities and international human rights organizations regard such strikes as war crimes committed by the Russian Federation, emphasizing their targeted nature. Systematic shelling of critical infrastructure, healthcare facilities, and essential services aimed at depriving people of basic living conditions exhibits signs of genocidal actions.
In particular, experts and human rights defenders highlight numerous instances of public calls by Russian officials for the destruction of Ukrainians, targeted attacks on civilians, persecution of individuals with pro-Ukrainian positions in occupied territories, deportation of children to Russia, and attempts to destroy Ukrainian culture and identity.
The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted in 1948 and ratified by 149 countries, obliges member states to prevent acts of genocide and punish those responsible for committing it in both wartime and peacetime. According to this Convention, genocide is defined as actions aimed at the total or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, including the killing of its members, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, or deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the group.
Despite these norms, the leadership of Russia denies targeted strikes on civilian infrastructure, rejecting responsibility for the deaths of civilians and the destruction of hospitals, schools, energy, and communal facilities.