Medic killed as Russian drone strikes Hospitallers' vehicle in Kharkiv region

Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the investigative department of the police of the Kharkiv region, reported that Russian forces targeted the volunteer medics with an FPV drone.

"Russia attacked the Hospitallers' medical battalion vehicle in Bilyi Kolodiaz. Two medics - a man and a woman - were killed in the attack," Bolvinov stated.

He noted that an explosion from the Russian drone also struck a civilian car traveling in the same direction, injuring three civilians inside.

Later, MP Iryna Herashchenko and Olha Fedorova, a spokeswoman for the Hospitallers medical battalion, clarified that one medic was killed in the attack.

"In the Kharkiv region, Russians hit a medevac vehicle with an FPV drone. Unfortunately, Oleksandra Mike Mulkevych was killed, she was only 35 years old. The crew of three women was supposed to work the last day of their rotation and be home with their families tomorrow," Iryna Herashchenko wrote.

The wounded medics are currently being treated.

• On Wednesday morning, August 14, Russian troops launched an attack on Kherson and its suburbs. The attack resulted in one death and nine injuries among residents.