On Monday morning, Russia launched massive missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, killing at least 28 people. Shells hit the country's largest children's hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. As Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv says, two people died in the hospital, including a doctor. Of the 16 injured, 7 are children.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that, Okhmatdyt is one of the most important children's hospitals not only in Ukraine but also in Europe, having saved and cured thousands of children.
"The hospital was damaged as a result of the Russian strike, and people are under the rubble. The exact number of wounded and dead is still unknown. Everyone, doctors and ordinary people alike, is participating in clearing the rubble.
It is impossible for Russia not to know where its missiles are flying. It must fully answer for all crimes - crimes committed against people, children, and humanity in general. It is very important that the world does not remain silent about this and that everyone sees what Russia is and what it is doing," Zelensky said.
According to the Minister of Health of Ukraine, Viktor Lyashko, the part of the building where dialysis procedures were performed for children was damaged. At the time of the blackout, operations were in progress at the hospital.
"We managed to save everyone in the operating and intensive care units," Lyashko said.
In photos distributed by the Ukrainian media, children with oncological diseases can be seen, their transfusion machines standing on the street.
A residential building was also damaged in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kyiv, leading to the evacuation of the population.
As a result of the rocket attacks, at least 17 people were killed in the capital of Ukraine, and 11 in the Dnipropetrovsk region. A total of 112 people were injured.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the strikes were carried out on Ukrainian military industry facilities and air bases of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in response to Ukraine's attempt to "damage Russia's energy and economic facilities." The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that reports of targeted missile attacks on civilian objects are "absolutely untrue."
