Russian missile strike on Kyiv: 33 adults and 6 children remain in hospitals
Pravda Ukraine
Thirty-three injured adults and six children remain hospitalised following the Russian missile attack on Kyiv on 8 July.
Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Telegram
Quote: “Currently, 33 injured adults are being treated in hospitals throughout the capital. Four of them are in a serious condition. Also, six children from Okhmatdyt hospital were hospitalised.”
Background:
- The Russians launched a strike on the Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialised Hospital in Kyiv on 8 July. One of the buildings was destroyed. The Kyiv authorities reported that two adults had been killed and 32 injured.
- The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) defined Russia’s attack on the Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialised Hospital in Kyiv as a war crime and initiated criminal proceedings into the matter. Early reports from SSU investigators indicate the Russians used a Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile to attack the medical facility.
- The Ukrainian Air Force also clearly denied the possibility that a Ukrainian air defence missile could have hit the Okhmatdyt. The evidence is a screenshot of a video and a photo of a Kh-101 missile, as well as a photo of an AIM-120 missile, the kind of projectile that NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems use.
- Bellingcat analysts as well as a number of independent nuclear weapons and missile technology experts concluded that the attack on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital involved the use of a Russian Kh-101 missile.
- On 10 July, it was reported that a boy who suffered from the Russian attack on the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital had died in hospital.
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