They were evacuating their patients from the psychiatric hospital when a hail of bullets hit them, killing them. Thus, 4 Ukrainian doctors died while fleeing from the village of Strelechya in the Kharkiv region, where Kiev troops are forcing the Russians to retreat. The governor of the region, Oleh Syniehubov, quoted by Ukrinform, condemned this on Telegram.
A video released on YouTube these hours shows some Ukrainian soldiers putting up the yellow and blue flag on a liberated building in Strelechya. Apparently, the Moscow army aimed at civilians when fleeing: “The doctors tried to evacuate the patients of the psychiatric hospital – said Syniehubov – But the Russians opened fire. Unfortunately, according to preliminary data, four health workers were killed and two patients were injured “. Also in Strelechya, the Russians reportedly fired on a civilian car from a tank, killing two women.
These episodes are not isolated. In other parts of the country recaptured from Kyiv, too, the retreat of Russian troops is leaving civilian casualties: According to the deputy head of the Presidential Office in Kyiv, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, in the last 24 hours, another 8 civilians were killed and 33 injured., He explained, were killed in the Donetsk region registered five dead and 18 wounded, in Kharkiv region three dead and 11 wounded, in Dnipropetrovsk two wounded and in Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv one each. There would have been massive bombings in the Kharkiv, Chuguev, Kupyansky and Izyumsky districts.
Moscow seems to be accompanying the withdrawal with a strategy of terror. This is confirmed by the latest British intelligence report that “Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure have intensified over the past week”. The London 007 cites the bombing of dams and power grids. “In the face of setbacks at the front, Moscow has probably expanded its attack points,” the comment reads.
Meanwhile, dramatic details continue to emerge from Izium, where, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a mass grave containing dozens of bodies was found after liberation from Russian occupation. The latest bulletin from the Kiev authorities speaks of 59 bodies exhumed, including 42 civilians (including children) and 17 soldiers. Traces of torture were found on the bodies.