“Large-scale” Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city kills at least 23 people

A youngsters’s hospital in Ukraine’s capital Kiev was severely broken and 23 individuals had been killed in Russian assaults throughout the nation, officers mentioned.

A uncommon daytime assault within the metropolis of Kiev has left no less than 9 individuals useless. Video from Omadite Kids’s Hospital confirmed in depth harm, and the town’s mayor mentioned there have been casualties from the blast.

The pinnacle of the navy authorities within the central Ukrainian metropolis of Krivoy Rog mentioned no less than 10 individuals had been killed there, together with three within the japanese city of Pokrovsk and one in Dnipro.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, who’s visiting Poland, mentioned Russia has launched about 40 missiles at targets throughout the nation and is anticipated to signal a safety settlement in Poland.

“Completely different cities: Kiev, Dnipro, Krivoy Rog, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk. Greater than 40 missiles of varied sorts. Residential buildings, infrastructure and a youngsters’s hospital had been broken, ” Mr Zelensky mentioned.

Thick smoke was seen over the capital, Kiev, and movies posted on social media confirmed harm inside and out of doors the Ohmadit Kids’s Hospital.

Zelensky mentioned in a social media put up that folks had been trapped underneath the rubble of the hospital.

“Now, everybody helps to clear the rubble — docs and on a regular basis individuals,” the president wrote.

Well being Minister Viktor Lyashko mentioned the most cancers ward and intensive care unit had been hit within the blast. Photographs from the scene confirmed younger youngsters, some receiving IVs, sitting outdoors the hospital because it was evacuated.

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko informed Reuters on the hospital that the bombing was “one of many worst assaults” on the capital because the warfare started.

He mentioned the hospital assault resulted in “deaths” and mentioned the precise quantity was being verified.

Elsewhere, Oleksandr Vilkul, the top of Kryvy Rih’s navy administration, posted on the Telegram messaging app that assaults within the metropolis left no less than 10 individuals useless and 31 injured Injuried. He mentioned 10 of them had been critically injured.

Krivyrog, Mr Zelensky’s hometown, has been attacked by Russia on a number of events since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Sergei Lysak, head of the Dnipro area, mentioned that one particular person died and 6 others had been injured in Dnipro metropolis. He added {that a} high-rise constructing and a enterprise had been hit.

Three individuals had been killed in Pokrovsk within the japanese Donetsk area, the place Russian troops have taken management of a lot of villages in current weeks.

The Russian bombing got here as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Moscow for a two-day state go to and can maintain talks with President Vladimir Putin on the Kremlin on Monday.

Moscow has thus far not commented on the assault however has beforehand insisted that its navy wouldn’t goal civilian infrastructure.

The United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine mentioned civilian casualties have elevated in current months as Russia resumed air strikes. A current report mentioned Might was the deadliest month for civilians in practically a yr.

Zelensky has spent months calling on Western allies to offer extra air protection techniques.