KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile struck a children’s hospital in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Monday, killing at least seven people, and a separate attack in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed at least 10 people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a social media post that Russian barrages targeted five Ukrainian cities, firing more than 40 missiles of different types and destroying apartments and civil infrastructure.
Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said at least 20 people were killed and about 50 wounded across the country in Monday morning’s attack. In Kryvyi Rog, 31 were wounded in addition to the 10 killed in what city administrator Oleksandr Birkul said was a massive missile attack. Local authorities also reported explosions in the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine.
At Okhmadit pediatric hospital in Kyiv, rescuers were searching for people under the rubble of a partially collapsed building, President Zelenskiy said, adding that the number of casualties was not yet known.
“It is now very important that the world does not remain silent and that everyone knows what kind of country Russia is and what it is doing,” Zelensky said on social media.
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The two-story children’s hospital building was partially destroyed, while the main 10-story hospital building had its windows and doors blown out and its walls charred.
Medical personnel and local residents helped move debris and search for children and medical personnel who may be trapped underneath. Volunteers formed lines, passing stones and debris to each other. Smoke was still rising from the building, and volunteers and emergency workers worked wearing protective masks.
This was Russia’s largest bombing raid on Kiev in nearly four months. The daytime attacks included: Kinzhal hypersonic missileAccording to the Ukrainian Air Force, it is one of Russia’s most advanced weapons. The Kinzhal flies at 10 times the speed of sound, making it difficult to intercept. The explosion shook buildings across the city. Officials said an entire block of a high-rise apartment building in one district of Kiev was destroyed.
Kiev city authorities reported falling debris, possibly from an intercepted missile, causing fires in several parts of the city. Heavy smoke rose from several districts of Kiev.
Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, said the attack took place at a time when many people were on the streets.
Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said an official assessment of the impact of the attack was still being carried out.
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