UN says Russian missile was behind deadly attack on kyiv hospital

The attack on the Ojmatdit hospital partially destroyed one of the country’s main centers for pediatric care / Photo: EFE

The attack on a children’s hospital in kyiv, which killed at least two workers and injured 16 people (seven of them children), was probably caused by a direct hit from a Russian missile, the UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine said Tuesday.

“Analysis of video footage and assessment of the incident site suggest that it is highly likely that the children’s hospital was directly hit,” said Danielle Bell, head of the mission, in a press briefing for media accredited to the UN in Geneva.

The attack on the Okhmatdit hospital partially destroyed one of the country’s main centres for paediatric care.

A total of 27 people, including four children, were killed by Russian missiles in the city on Monday, injuring 117 civilians, while 11 people were killed in the Ukrainian cities of Kwivi Rig and Dnipro, also by Russian shells.

In his official X network account, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recalled that hospitals and health workers must be especially protected in a conflict.

Ukraine / EFE