Kharkiv hospital damaged: ministry clarifies figure of 73 affected
Patients were transferred to other wards and facilities after the Russian attack on November 3. Most of the 73 people affected had an acute stress reaction.
A Russian attack in the pre-dawn hours of November 3, 2026, damaged a municipal hospital in Kharkiv. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, the strike hit a passage connecting hospital buildings, damaging more than a thousand windows.
According to the ministry, 73 people were affected by the attack. Most had an acute stress reaction; the ministry did not specify a separate number of people with physical injuries.
Patients have already been transferred to other wards in the hospital and to other medical facilities in the city. The statement does not name the damaged hospital or specify how many patients were transferred.
Across Kharkiv and the surrounding region, a total of 127 people were affected over the day, including three children, and one person was killed, according to the ministry. This daily total covers the entire city and region, while the figure of 73 relates to the attack that damaged the hospital.
Source: Ukraine’s Ministry of Health statement of November 3
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