Slovakia refuses to condemn Russian strike on Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv
Photo: Russia struck Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv on July 8 (Vitalii Nosach / RBC-Ukraine)
The Parliament of Slovakia did not condemn the Russian strike on the Okhmatdyt children's Hospital in Kyiv. The corresponding draft resolution was not even taken into consideration, according to Aktuality.sk.
Beáta Jurík, a deputy from the opposition party Progressive Slovakia, proposed that the parliament consider a draft resolution condemning the Russian military airstrike on Okhmatdyt.
Subsequently, Pavel Ľupták, a deputy from the Slovak National Party, expressed doubt that a Russian missile hit the hospital.
"Were you there?" he asked his colleague Jurik.
As a result, Slovak deputies did not support including the initiative in the agenda, with only 41 parliamentarians voting for it.
Background
On July 8, the Russian army struck the Okhmatdyt children's hospital with a missile. At the time of the attack, more than 600 children and doctors were there.
Several patients and dozens of doctors were reported injured. There were also fatalities as a result of the shelling. In this context, many world leaders sharply condemned the Russian strike.
It was also reported that after the attack, a boy who was in intensive care during the strike died.
