Russians Said To Be Clearing Ukrainian Region’s Hospitals

October 29, 2022 9:24 am

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian military officials say Russian troops are moving large numbers of sick and wounded comrades from hospitals in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region. Ukraine’s forces are fighting to retake the region, which invading Russia soldiers occupied early in the war. Kremlin-installed authorities in the region previously were reported to have joined civilians in fleeing the city of Kherson. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a nightly video address that the Russians were “dismantling the entire health care system” in Kherson and other illegally annexed regions. Elsewhere on Saturday, at least one Russian ship suffered damage in a major port in Crimea. Ukraine and Russia offered different versions of what happened.