MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, on Friday said Ukraine shelled a hospital in the LPR city of Stakhanov using US-made HIMARS, killing three people and wounding seven.
"Units of the 27th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using US-made HIMARS rocket systems shelled a hospital in the city of Stakhanov, Lugansk People's Republic, on August 26, 2022. <... > According to preliminary data, three people were killed, seven sustained wounds of varying severity," he said.
Mizintsev said the building was severely damaged. "The commanders of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who gave the criminal order were aware in advance that the target they chose was an active civilian medical facility (it has marks in the form of red crosses on a white background), where elderly people, children and pregnant women were treated," he said.
He called on the UN, WHO and the International Committee of the Red Cross to condemn Kiev's actions and take measures to prevent attacks on medical institutions.