• 09/20/2024

Rubble cleared at Okhmatdyt, a total of 29 people killed in Russian 8 July attacks on Kyiv – photos

Pravda Ukraine

Search and rescue operations on the territory of the Okhmatdyt National Specialised Children’s Hospital in Kyiv have been completed: two people were killed and 32 injured as a result of the Russian attack on 8 July. In total, 29 people were killed in Kyiv at several scenes of the strikes.  

Source: Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, on Telegram

Quote from Klymenko: “As of now, 29 people, including four children, were killed in Kyiv as a result of Russian strikes on 8 July, and 117 people were injured, including 10 children.” 

 

Rescue workers at Okhmatdyt in Kyiv on 8 July.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details: Klymenko said that eight children from Okhmatdyt had been taken to hospital with their injuries.

 

Rescue workers at Okhmatdyt in Kyiv on 8 July. 
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Background:

  • On 8 July, the Russians launched a missile attack on Ukraine. They hit the Okhmatdyt hospital, the private Adonis clinic and residential buildings in Kyiv.
  • Two adults, one of them being a doctor, were killed in the attack on Okhmatdyt.
  • An entire section of a building in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv was destroyed as a result of the strike. As of the afternoon of 8 July, seven people, including three children, were reported killed. Two more people were killed at an industrial facility in Shevchenkivskyi district.
  • The Domino business centre was damaged in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, killing seven people.
  • A four-storey building of the Adonis clinic was partially destroyed in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, killing nine people.   
  • As of the evening of 8 July, it was reported that a total of 37 people were killed and 170 wounded as a result of the Russian strike on Ukraine on 8 July.

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