KYIV — Kyiv city authorities in Kyiv on Friday urgently evacuated two hospitals, including a children’s hospital, after the head of the Belarusian KGB claimed “terrorists” were being treated there — an accusation which Ukrainian officials called “a lie and provocation” but set off fears of an imminent attack.
“All these people and their plans are known to us,” Teretel said. “In the fight against terrorism, we act according to the laws of wartime — decisively and without hesitation.”Kyiv authorities viewed Teretel’s statement — which was posted as a video on the internet — as a possible warning of a missile or drone attack.
Belarus is allied with Russia and allowed Moscow’s forces to use its territory to invade Ukraine from the north in February 2022. Since then, however Lukashenko has resisted pressure to involve Belarusian forces directly in Russia’s war.Klitschko said that officials “had to do everything to move the patients and medical personnel to other medical institutions in our city.”
Ihor Zorkov led his daughter Viktoriya, 2, by the hand, as they walked down the hallway to the hospital exit, and he juggled three small plastic bags with her belongings. Viktoriya had been in the hospital for the past five days with a viral infection and a temperature, he said.