Russia on Saturday accused the Ukrainian army of killing 14 people and injuring 24 when it struck a hospital in the Lugansk region in eastern Ukraine.
On Saturday morning, "
the Ukrainian armed forces purposely hit the local hospital building with Himars rocket launchers
" in the locality of Novoaidar, in the Lugansk region, the Russian army said in a statement.
The strike "
leaved 14 patients and medical personnel dead and 24 injured
", she said.
The doctors of the establishment had been providing "
for several months medical assistance to the civilian population, as to the military
", according to the same source.
“
An intentional strike against a known civilian medical facility arguably constitutes a serious war crime of the Kiev regime
,” the statement added.