Russians launch airstrike on nursing home in Sudzha, Kursk Oblast – military commandant's office press officer
The military of the aggressor country russia has launched an airstrike on a nursing home in Sudzha (Kursk Oblast).
The press officer of the military commandant's office in the Kursk Oblast, Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, has announced this on a telethon.
"Last night, Russian aircraft launched two airstrikes in the area of the nursing home in the city of Sudzha. As a result, a woman received a laceration to her arm. As of this morning, this woman has died," Dmytrashkivskyi said.
He also said that the facility of the nursing home was badly damaged, with all windows and doors broken.
According to Dmytrashkivskyi, elderly people were in the nursing home, many of them with disabilities.
"The question arose where to move these people. All of them are elderly, many people have disabilities, Parkinson's disease, post-stroke, one person has a mental illness. That is, the condition of the people is quite serious at the moment," explained Dmytrashkivskyi.
He also said that about 2,000 people are in the territories of the russian federation controlled by Ukraine. More than 70 people are in the facility, which was shelled by russian forces.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, russia has intensified shelling of the city of Sudzha in the Kursk Oblast and surrounding villages. Russians are hiding from russian shelling in their homes.