Russian drone hits Kharkiv medical facility, injuring 4

A Russian drone struck a medical facility in Kharkiv's Slobidskyi district on Saturday, injuring 4 people and setting several floors on fire, according to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov and reports carried by 24 Kanal and Novinky.cz.

24 Kanal said the drone hit between the fourth and fifth floors of the medical building. Fire spread across three floors after the impact. The number of people reported injured rose from three to 4 by 13:20, with an emergency-service worker among those hurt.

Novinky.cz, citing Reuters, also reported 4 injuries in the strike on the clinic and said Russian Molniya and Banderol drones damaged several treatment rooms. The supplied material does not report any deaths at the medical facility.

Kharkiv was hit by more than one drone during the daytime attack. Terekhov said another Molniya-type drone struck the Kholodnohirskyi district, where officials were still assessing the consequences. No casualty figure was given for that separate impact.

Emergency crews responded to the fire at the medical facility. The supplied material does not say whether patients were evacuated, how many rooms were rendered unusable or whether the facility suspended operations after the strike.

The impact point was reported between upper floors of the building rather than at ground level. That forced firefighters to deal with a blaze spreading through several floors while medical and emergency personnel assessed injuries inside and around the facility.

The Kharkiv attack happened during a broader day of Russian missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian cities. Kyiv was also hit by ballistic missiles, but casualties from the capital are separate and are not included in the Kharkiv total.

24 Kanal also reported damage from Russian attacks elsewhere in the Kyiv region, including homes and infrastructure. Those are separate incidents and are not combined with the four people injured at the Kharkiv medical facility.

The source material attributes the attacks to Russian forces through Ukrainian officials and independent reporting. ECTV keeps that attribution explicit because the incident occurred during an active armed conflict.