Drone hits the operating theatre of the Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology in Kyiv: a patient injured; 12 injured across the city
Place: KyivRegion: Kyiv and Kyiv regionautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Only Ukrainian and independent outlets describe the strike on the institute, citing Prime Minister Koretskyi; Russian sources in the selection do not mention it. The Ukrainian source and DW speak of one injured patient at the institute, while The Kyiv Independent gives the total number of injured in the city, which changed during the day.
What Russia reports
no reports found
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary RBC-Ukraine, citing Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi, reports that a Russian strike on 20 October hit the operating theatre of the Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology in Kyiv — according to Koretskyi, the hospital has been hit for the second time; no one was killed, one patient was injured and received help.
“Цього разу - по операційній Інституту Стражеска Національної академії медичних наук у Києві”
“На щастя, обійшлося без загиблих. Один пацієнт дістав поранення”
- Росія ударила по операційній Інституту кардіології Стражеска у Києві (фото) — RBC-Ukraine, 20 October, 16:39
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW relays the same words of Koretskyi and Klitschko about a drone hitting the institute's upper floor and partly damaging the roof, and gives the State Emergency Service round-up of strikes on other regions that day. The Kyiv Independent writes that Russian drones attacked Kyiv several times during the day on 20 October, damaging a hospital in Solomianskyi district and another medical facility in Holosiivskyi; the number of injured rose as data came in — from two per Klitschko to five per the city military administration and 12 per the police and emergency service.
“Это уже второй раз.”
“повреждена операционная Института кардиологии имени Николая Стражеско, один пациент получил ранение”
“Ukraine's National Police later reported that a total of 12 people were injured in the city, according to the State Emergency Service (DSNS).”
- Атака на Киев: дрон попал в Институт кардиологии, 1 человек ранен — DW (RU), 20 October, 20:01
- Russian drones strike Kyiv hospital, injure 12 across the city — Kyiv Independent, 20 October, 16:23
Confirmation
Confirmation: confirmed by independent sources
The event is reported by international or exile independent outlets and no contradictions in the facts between the groups were detected. This does not mean the independent outlets verified every detail.
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