Ukrainian🇺🇦 children's hospital hit during Russian🇷🇺 missile salvo

More than 30 civilians have been killed and 150 wounded across Ukraine today (July 8) by a massive Russian military missile salvo that included some hypersonic missiles. Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital in Kyiv was hit and one wing/building was heavily damaged during this Russian missile barrage (photos are easy to find online). Russia denies (of course, as always^†) intentionally targeting civilians and accuses Ukraine but Ukraine has announced it will be cooperating with an ICC investigation so I'm sure we will eventually see some evidence of whose missile hit the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital hospital in Kyiv on July 8, 2024. It happened during a massive Russian missile barrage on heavily populated cities that resulted in a lot of civilian deaths and injuries, so I think it is reasonable to say that the children's hospital would not be damaged today if the Russian military had not launched a full-scale surprise invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and had not launched a swarm of missiles at Ukrainian cities today.


Some links to international news stories:
AP : https://apnews.com/article/russia-u.....4c0c14f90588b5 -- Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in 4 months hits a children’s hospital ^†
Al Jazeera : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/live.....rainian-cities
BBC : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl4y1pjk2dzo -- Children's hospital hit as Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine
CBS : https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukrain.....attack-deaths/ -- Ukraine says at least 31 people killed, children's hospital hit in major Russian missile attack
CNN : https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/08/euro.....ntl/index.html -- Ukrainian children’s hospital attacked as Russian strikes on cities kill at least 31
Fox : https://www.foxnews.com/world/russi.....ad-nato-summit -- Russian missiles hit children's hospital in Kyiv as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy vows retaliation
Reuters : https://www.reuters.com/world/europ.....ls-2024-07-08/ -- Russian missile attack kills 36, hits children's hospital, Ukraine says
Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Jul.....issile_strikes -- 8 July 2024 Ukraine missile strikes
Wikipedia (Kh-101) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-10.....ion_of_Ukraine <-- has info about what type of missile may have hit the hospital and may have happened
ISW : https://www.understandingwar.org/ba.....nt-july-8-2024 <-- has a thoughtful analysis, as usual, including warnings about Russian information operations


Some Journals by FA members:
_{-- Ukraine has been getting hit by Russian missile and drone attacks regularly for months but this missile attack has generated a LOT of comments and Journals by FA members from Ukraine --}
 PistachioHorror -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10904057/ -- ❗️❗️Fundraiser❗️❗️ russian attack <-- has info about how to donate
 LiaNate -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10904035/ -- 08.07.2024 🕯️🕯️🕯️
 The.Fool -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903971/ -- Ruzzians targeted children’s cancer hospital today
 Tamplior -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903861/ -- Attack on a Children Hospital and more <-- has info about how to donate
 ariannafray_pr -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903859/ -- Russian missile targeted a children’s hospital in Kyiv
 DxM8 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903764/ -- horrific massive russian attack on Ukraine
 M.a.o -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903734/ -- Signal boost! 💔
 YumiCH -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903723/ -- Russia destroyed a children's cancer hospital in Kyiv
 Gocememon -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10904075/ -- [ The War 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Continues | Victims In Kyiv | ...
 Rimann -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903982/ -- Missile attacks on Kyiv, children hospital <-- "This hospital saved my life once when I was born."
 Free-Opium -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903699/ -- Fear
 Rivay -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10904006/ -- Attack on a Children Hospital
 Almatea -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903926/ -- The tragedy of this day
 Carota17 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10903701/ -- Attacks on the Dnipro + a little about life
-- art by FA members --
 LeMAs -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57297540/ -- <no title>
 toni_furry_ua -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57297073/ -- Okhmatdyt, July 8, 2024


^† from the AP article :
Russia’s Defense Ministry said the strikes targeted Ukrainian defense plants and military air bases and were successful. It denied aiming at any civilian facilities and claimed without evidence that pictures from Kyiv indicated the damage was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile.

Since early in the war that is well into its third year, Russian officials have regularly claimed that Moscow’s forces never attack civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, despite abundant evidence to the contrary, including Associated Press reporting.

More than 1,600 medical facilities have been damaged since the start of the war and 214 have been ruined completely, according to Ukrainian Health Ministry statistics published last month.


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