At least 10 dead, 35 wounded in Russian attack on Kyiv, including children’s hospital
July 8, 2024
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At least 10 people were killed and 35 were injured as a result of a massive Russian attack on Kyiv on Monday that also damaged a children’s hospital,
At least 10 people were killed and 35 were injured as a result of a massive Russian attack on Kyiv on Monday that also damaged a children’s hospital, local authorities said.
“As a result of the rocket attack on the capital, 10 people were killed and 35 were injured,” the Military Administration of the Kyiv region wrote on its Telegram channel, where warns that the attack is still ongoing.
In turn, the capital’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported on the Kyiv City State Administration channel that Two men injured in the attack and hospitalized died in hospital. without indicating whether they had already been included in the preliminary death toll figures provided so far.
Children’s Hospital Patients Injured by Russian Missile They are evacuated to city hospitals. At the same time, there are concerns that there are still people left under the rubble that Ukrainian emergency services are clearing.
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President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, Telegram noted that the Kiev children’s hospital Oimadit “It is one of the most important not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe.”
“Oimadit has saved and recovered “thousands of children,” he emphasized.
“Now the hospital has been damaged by the Russian attack, people are trapped under the rubble, and The exact number of wounded and dead is unknown. Now everyone is helping to clear away the rubble: both doctors and ordinary people,” he explained.
Zelensky stressed that Russia cannot claim that it does not know where its missiles are heading and must “bear full responsibility for all his crimes: against people, against children, against humanity as a whole.”
“It is very important that the world will no longer remain silent about this and that everyone sees what Russia is and what it does,” he insisted.
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The head of the OVO, Sergei Popko, reported this. Five children were taken from the destroyed building for “rehospitalization.”
Popko stated that as a result of the missile strike on Kyiv Falling debris recorded in seven districts of the capitalduring which an office building, garages, cars and a private home were damaged, and fires broke out in residential buildings and company premises.
Besides the attack on Kyiv This Monday, Russia again launched missiles at other Ukrainian cities. such as Dnepr, Krivoy Rog in the central-eastern part of the country, as well as Solvyansk and Kramatorsk in the eastern part of Donetsk.
In one of the districts, Solomensky, two floors of a residential building were damaged. general 1500 square meters, and Seven people died there.
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In Krivoy Rog At least ten people were killed and 41 were injuredThis was announced by Mayor Alexander Vilkul, who declared a day of mourning in the city tomorrow.
In Dnepr One person was killed and six were also injured. One of them is in serious condition, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, Sergei Lysak.
According to Zelensky, Russian troops have begun More than 40 missiles of various types were launched over these areas.
“The whole world must be fully occupied put an end to Russia’s attacks once and for all. “Murder is what (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does. Only together can we achieve true peace and security,” he stressed once again.
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