Two Kyiv hospitals evacuating over feared Russian strikes

Kyiv, Ukraine: Officials in Ukraine s capital Kyiv Friday announced the evacuation of two hospitals which they feared could be targeted by Russian str...

Kyiv, Ukraine: Officials in Ukraine's capital Kyiv Friday announced the evacuation of two hospitals which they feared could be targeted by Russian strikes.

"The city is urgently beginning to evacuate two hospitals because a video is being widely circulated online, de facto announcing an enemy attack on these medical facilities," Kyiv's city administration said.

It referred to comments made by the head of the KGB in Moscow-allied Belarus, who said on national television that the buildings hosted military personnel "hiding behind sick children" -- suggesting Russia could regard the facilities a legitimate military target.

The city of Kyiv said the claim was "an absolute lie and provocation of the enemy, trying to use this to strike the social infrastructure of the capital".

One of the facilities, located on Bogatyrska street, is a children's hospital, Kyiv said. AFP journalists on the scene saw around ten ambulances waiting for patients to be evacuated.