Zelenskyy calls Russia world's biggest terrorist after strike on Kherson children's hospital
Photo: Hospitals in Kherson after the Russian attack (t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official)
This morning, Russia launched a missile strike on a children's hospital in Kherson. This was a deliberate Russian attack specifically targeting children, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
"They could not have been unaware of where they were striking. This was a deliberate Russian attack specifically against children, against medical personnel, against basic guarantees of life in the community," the head of state emphasizes.
According to the President, the hospital suffered significant damage, and there are casualties among the staff and children who were in the building.
"The youngest wounded child is eight years old—the boy himself was wounded, as were his mother and brother. At the moment of the strike, about a hundred people were inside the hospital." Zelenskyy says.
He stresses that "Russia is not even ashamed to consider such facilities as targets."
"Russia is now the largest terrorist organization in the world, which is not only dragging out its terrorist war but also trying to do everything possible to ensure that no opportunity to end the war succeeds," the President says.
Zelenskyy also emphasizes that Moscow is deliberately undermining every meaningful diplomatic effort and trying to create new sources of destabilization in Europe.
"And this year, as the United States has made such significant efforts to end the war, the Russians have only increased the audacity and scale of their strikes. Nothing convinces Russia except pressure and strength," he says.
The President welcomes the introduction of new sanctions against Russian oil companies, calling them the right move by America.
"Such measures must continue—to rein in Russia’s brazenness, deprive it of the means to prolong the war, and create a real motive for Moscow to end this war. Terrorists must be dealt with only as they deserve—with strength and just treatment. I thank everyone who helps Ukraine!" Zelenskyy says.
Russian strike on children's hospital in Kherson
On the morning of Wednesday, October 29, Russian troops fired artillery at a children's hospital in Kherson. The shelling resulted in casualties, including children and medical workers.
According to preliminary data, 9 people were injured in the shelling, including 4 children and three medical workers.
