Visit Ukraine – Russia attacked Kiev, Dnipro and Krivoy Rog with missiles: hospital destroyed, many dead

Ukraine has experienced one of the heaviest missile attacks since the start of the all-out war. Russian missiles damaged and destroyed residential buildings, a children’s hospital and a maternity hospital. Learn more about the consequences of the attack on Ukrainian infrastructure

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On the morning of July 8, the Russian army launched one of the most massive missile attacks on Kiev since the beginning of the war. A few minutes after the air raid warning was sounded, the skyline of the Ukrainian capital was enveloped in black smoke. The attack damaged apartment blocks and the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, which specializes in treating seriously ill children.

In total, the Russian army fired 38 missiles at Ukraine, including Iskander, Kinzhal and the latest Zircon hypersonic missile.

Destruction of Ochmatdyt

According to previously known information, the hospital was hit by an X-101 cruise missile fired from one of the occupying forces’ strategic bombers.

A direct hit on one of the hospital buildings resulted in the almost complete destruction of several departments, including the operating room and the intensive care unit. Two operations were in progress at the time of the attack.

The hospital has already reported two deaths – both adults, one of them a doctor.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said that the building of the Children’s Cardiac Surgery Center in the Okhmatdyt area, where three heart surgeries were being performed at the time, was damaged. According to him, the explosion damaged window panes and contaminated patients’ chests. Now they are trying to rescue the children in other medical facilities.

8 out of 10 Kyiv districts felt the effects of the attack

After the attack in the morning, damage to civilian infrastructure was found in almost all districts of Kyiv. In particular, a maternity hospital in the Dnipro district of the capital was damaged. Seven people died there.

And in the Syrtsy district, the enemy destroyed the entire entrance to a residential building. People’s cries can be heard from under the rubble. The rescue operation is not yet complete.

What other consequences were recorded in the city:

– in Holosiivskyi – a kindergarten and a residential building were damaged, cars are burning;

– in Solomensky district, an office building with residential floors was damaged;

– in the Dniprovskyi district, debris burned in a residential building;

– A private house was damaged in Darnytskyi district;

– In Svyatoshinsky district, debris burned near a residential building and a fire broke out on the premises of an enterprise.

– A house caught fire in Desnianskyi district.

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Strike in Kryvyi Rih

During the same morning raid, Russian terrorists launched missile attacks not only on Kyiv, but also on the Dnipropetrovsk region, in particular on Kryvyi Rih.

Ten people were killed and 47 others injured in the attack.

Strike on the Dnipro

The city of Dnipro was also attacked by Russians. One man was killed in the attack. Six people were injured, one of them is in serious condition.

A multi-storey building and a shop were damaged in the city.

Ukraine convenes UN Security Council

In response to Russia’s massive attack on Ochmatdyt and a medical facility in the capital’s Dnipro district, Ukraine is convening an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a briefing with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw.

The head of state also promised that Ukraine would “definitely respond to Russia’s attacks.”

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