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Russia deliberately targeted Kyiv children's hospital Okhmatdyt with missile - Zelenskyy

Russia deliberately targeted Kyiv children's hospital Okhmatdyt with missile - Zelenskyy Photo: Kyiv's Okhmatdyt suffered a deliberate attack by Russians (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

During the Russian rocket attack on Kyiv, the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital was damaged. The world mustn't remain silent about this now, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Russia cannot help but know where its missiles are flying and must fully answer for all its crimes: against people, against children, against humanity in general," he writes.

According to Zelenskyy, the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv is one of the most important not only in Ukraine but also in Europe, "an exclusively children's hospital" that has saved and restored the health of thousands of children.

"Now the hospital has been damaged by a Russian strike, there are people under the rubble, and the exact number of wounded and dead is unknown. Now everyone is helping to clear the rubble: doctors and ordinary people," the President adds.

Russian troops launched a missile attack on Ukraine on July 8. They used 40 missiles of various types. Residential buildings and the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital were damaged in Kyiv. 7 people have been killed.