The director of Ukraine’s largest kids’s hospital, hit on Monday by a lethal missile strike blamed on Russia, has mentioned the assault was “actual hell”.
“Youngsters and adults screamed in concern, wounded from ache” in Kyiv’s Ohmadyt hospital, Volodymyr Zhovnir informed the UN Safety Council on Tuesday.
He mentioned greater than 1,200 sufferers and personnel have been within the hospital on the time and three coronary heart surgical procedures have been being carried out. Two adults have been killed and greater than 300 individuals injured, together with kids, he added.
On Tuesday, Ukraine printed images of what it mentioned have been recovered fragments of a Russian cruise missile that hit the hospital within the capital.
Russia claimed the blast was brought on by a misfiring Ukrainian air defence missile, however the UN mentioned it was extremely possible Moscow was behind the assault – a conclusion shared by analysts who spoke to BBC Confirm.
The assault was globally condemned, with US President Joe Biden saying it was a “horrific reminder of Russia’s brutality”.
Mr Biden, who’s internet hosting a Nato summit in Washington on Tuesday, additionally vowed to strengthen Kyiv’s air defences.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who’s attending the summit, mentioned: “We’re preventing for extra air defence programs for Ukraine… We’re preventing for extra planes.”
A minimum of 46 individuals – together with 33 in Kyiv – have been killed throughout Ukraine in a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes on Monday, native officers mentioned.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko declared 9 July as a day of mourning within the metropolis.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
