The buses on which it was planned to evacuate patients and staff of the Balakliyskaya Central District Hospital were fired upon by Russian invaders.

This was announced by the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov, Interfax-Ukraine reports .

“In Balakleya, where the hospital was destroyed yesterday. Doctors independently tried to leave from there and evacuate people. By agreement, a convoy was sent, which was not launched into the city. She was fired upon while approaching by Russian invaders at a checkpoint. There are victims,” said Sinegubov.

He clarified that according to preliminary data, the driver of one of the buses died.

“This is the price of agreements with the occupiers, which we now have,” Sinegubov stressed.

Recall that on April 2, the Russian invaders fired at the Balakliya Central District Hospital, when there were patients and staff. As a result of the shelling, the hospital building was damaged. People were not hurt. Oleg Sinegubov announced the need to evacuate patients and hospital staff (about 70 people in total).

Balakleya is a temporarily occupied territory of the Kharkiv region. Earlier it was reported that the mayor of Balakleya, Ivan Stolbovoy, agreed to cooperate with the occupiers.

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