Russia has been repeatedly condemned and accused of engaging in genocidal attacks against the Ukrainian people following its invasion of the country back in February, 2022
Russia has hit a children’s hospital in a devastating missile strike in what has been branded a “genocidal” attack.
A harrowing photo showed a child with a bloody face, and there are fears other youngsters were buried in the rubble of the collapsed hospital in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. At least seven people were killed in Kyiv with many seriously wounded.
Other cities – notably Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Slov’yansk and Krematorsk were also hit in a brutal attack from dictator Vladimir Putin’s forces that plainly impacted on civilians. In Kryvyi Rih, birthplace of President Volodymyr Zelensky, ten were reported killed, with 31 wounded.
The president had left on a visit to Poland. “More than 40 missiles of various types,” he said. “Residential buildings, infrastructure, and a children’s hospital have been damaged.”
Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak posted: “Attack on Ukraine at a time when there are the most people on the streets. Crazy Russian terrorists. They beat the cities, where there were many people. They hit the children’s hospital. There are children. It is a terror that the world must see and respond to. This is genocide.”
One target appeared to be an unfinished business centre near the Lukyanovskaya metro station in the centre of Kyiv. In Krematorsk, the Russian Armed Forces hit a machine-building plant, with a column of smoke rising above it.
In Kryvyi Rih the administrative building of an industrial enterprise was hit. The Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital was hit in Kyiv – famous around Europe for its excellence. The hospital director Volodymyr Zhovnir said a missile had hit one of his buildings. They are organising the evacuation and relocation of everyone in the premises.
A source told Ukrainian Pravda that there were victims in the hospital. The debris was being cleared by rescuers who asked for silence to hear any cries from anyone buried under the rubble. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko urged residents to stay in shelters.
