UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Feb. 11 — Russian drone attacked an ambulance on the road near Borshchivka village in the Izium district, reported Kharkiv regional police.

The attack caused a fire in the car. There were five people inside, including a driver, a medical worker, and three patients, said Vitalii Karabanov, the head of Balakliia military administration, to Suspilne Kharkiv.

The attack killed a 63-year-old woman. Other people got injuries of different levels of intensity. One 59-year-old man was hospitalized.

Karabanov said that the ambulance was transporting hemodialysis patients home from Kharkiv, where they had received treatment.

“During a stop to drop off passengers, a Russian drone hit the car directly,” he said.

Karabanov noted that the car had relevant markings and inscriptions indicating that it was a medical transport.

He also said that it was the first attack of a Russian drone on an ambulance in the Balakliia community.

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