STORY: :: Rescuers continue to search for survivors the day after a Russian strike hit Ukraine's largest children's hospital
:: July 9, 2024
:: Kyiv, Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia fired more than 40 missiles targeting different cities and damaging infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings.
The Ukrainian Health Minister said that five units of the children's hospital, the largest and best equipped in the country, were damaged and children were evacuated to other facilities.
Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile struck the hospital not far from central Kyiv at around 10 a.m. (0700 GMT). A large part of the two-storey center housing the toxicology ward was flattened, while windows were blown out in the main 11-floor building nearby.
The Kremlin said it was Ukrainian anti-missile fire, not Russia, that struck a children's hospital in Kyiv on Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not provide evidence to support the assertion, but told reporters: "I insist, we do not conduct strikes on civilian targets."
