Doctors provide update on two boys whose mother was killed in Russian attack on Kyiv

Two brothers named Jasim and Jacob were admitted to hospital after being injured near the entrance of an apartment building during a Russian attack on Kyiv. The four-year-old boy underwent emergency surgery, while his two-year-old brother will be treated on an outpatient basis.

Source: Okhmatdyt National Specialised Children's Hospital in a comment to Suspilne Kyiv

Details: Doctors have diagnosed one of the brothers with a comminuted fracture of the left elbow joint, as well as multiple wounds to the torso and face with foreign bodies embedded in the soft tissue.

His condition was stabilised in hospital and he then underwent emergency surgery. Doctors have fitted him with an external fixation device.

He is now receiving treatment in the orthopaedics and traumatology department. Ohmatdyt said the boy faces a lengthy period of treatment and rehabilitation.

His younger brother sustained less serious injuries. The two-year-old was diagnosed with bruising and a haematoma within the soft tissue of the left thigh. Following examinations, doctors decided that he could be treated on an outpatient basis.

Background:

• Earlier, Kyiv police told Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life) that a mother was killed and her two sons injured during the attack on Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district on the night of 1-2 June. The woman's body was found near the entrance of an apartment building.
• Law enforcement officials said that her older son was admitted to intensive care in a serious condition.
• There had been claims on social media that the boys' grandmother had also died that night, but police denied the reports, stating that the deceased woman, aged about 76, was not related to them.
• Seven people were killed and 90 injured in the Russian attack on Kyiv.

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