Four doctors were killed and two patients were injured as a result of the bombing by Russian troops of a psychiatric hospital in the village of Strelecha, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleg Sinegubov said.

As reported by The Guardian, Singebuvov said that the doctors died while trying to evacuate patients from the hospital. “During the evacuation, the Russians began massive shelling,” he said.

“In the village of Strelecha, doctors tried to evacuate patients from a psychiatric hospital. Medical workers even under bombardment, risking their lives, tried to save the sick. It was possible to evacuate 30 patients, in total there are more than 600 in the facility,” Synegubov said, reports “Ukrainian Pravda”.

According to preliminary data, unfortunately, 4 medical workers died, 2 patients were injured.

According to The Guardian, the report could not be independently verified.