"This is not the first time that hospitals and other medical facilities have come under fire. Medical staff are working under very difficult conditions to save lives. They must be able to do their work. Civilian infrastructure and patients must be spared. If you're not safe in a hospital, where can you be?" Joan Audierne, head of the ICRC office in Donetsk, was quoted as saying in the press release.
Earlier in the day, a hospital in Donetsk city's Tekstilshchik district was shelled. The incident claimed lives of at least four people, according to the emergencies chief of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
The military confrontation between Kiev forces and independence supporters in eastern Ukraine began in April 2014, and intensified in January. Despite a ceasefire agreement reached in September 2014, the warring sides are still involved in fighting.
