# General charged over Kyiv children's hospital strike shot in Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/43923

- euronews, 2026-09-03 14:49 UTC
- World
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/03/general-charged-over-kyiv-childrens-hospital-strike-shot-in-russia

> Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of a heavy bomber division and charged in absentia by Ukraine over the 2024 strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, was shot twice by a gunman on a motorbike near Engels airbase. He was airlifted to Moscow in serious condition.

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