The key facts

  • In Zaporizhzhia region, a drone attacked an ambulance returning from a call
  • According to the regional Health Ministry, the staff were unharmed and the vehicle was damaged
  • Gazeta.Ru lists a number of previous attacks on medics in the Belgorod and Kherson regions and the LNR

Attack on an ambulance crew

In Zaporizhzhia region, a Ukrainian drone attacked an ambulance, the regional Ministry of Health reported. The incident took place in the Kuibyshev municipal district: the crew was returning from a call. According to the ministry, none of the ambulance staff were injured, but the vehicle sustained damage.

A series of similar incidents

Gazeta.Ru in its report on the Zaporizhzhia incident recalls a number of previous cases. In late October, a drone attacked an ambulance in the village of Golovchino, Belgorod region — at that time, according to the outlet, three people were wounded. Earlier, in the LNR, a drone struck an ambulance that was taking a patient to hospital.

Kherson region

Separate episodes are also reported from the Kherson region. A resident of Aleshki Svetlana Popova, who was wounded, saidthat she was taken to hospital on a wheelbarrow because the ambulance had run over a mine in the yard of her home. According to information from ombudswoman Yana Lantratova, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked 27 ambulances delivering humanitarian aid to Aleshki before a humanitarian mission was carried out in the settlement. This information comes from the words of the aforementioned individuals and is not accompanied by independent confirmation in the publication.