Hospitals evacuated in Kyiv after threat from Belarus

KYIV — City authorities 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 that Ukrainian officials called “a lie and provocation,” but which set off fears of an imminent attack.

Speaking before a meeting of the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly — a political gathering headed by the Belarusian strongman leader Aleksandr Lukashenko — the KGB head, Ivan Tertel, specified the addresses of the hospitals, which are located next to each other in the Ukrainian capital. Tertel promised to “impose punishment.”