ALBAWABA - At least 20 people have been killed in massive Russian strikes on several Ukrainian cities, officials told the press.
A strike in Kyiv killed 7 people in what counted as a rare daytime attack. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that a children's hospital was also targeted during the Russian attacks.
Kyiv City Military Administration released a statement saying that destruction has been reported in destruction in Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital. "The children's hospital Okhmatdyt was damaged in the Shevchenkivsky district, there is destruction," the statement reads.
Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelenskyy took to X to condemn the attack. "Now that the hospital has been damaged by a Russian strike, there are people under the rubble, and the exact number of casualties is still unknown. Right now, everyone is helping to clear the rubble – doctors and ordinary people," Zelenskyy wrote.
"Russia cannot claim ignorance of where its missiles are flying and must be held fully accountable for all its crimes. Against people, against children, against humanity in general," Zelenskyy added.
Head of the military administration in Kryvy Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, released a statement on Telegram saying that at least 10 people were killed and 31 wounded following the attack on the city. Of those, he said 10 were seriously injured.
Plumes of smoke could be seen all over Kyiv, and social media videos showed the wreckage inside and outside the Okhmadyt children's hospital. It is unclear whether anyone inside was wounded.
