The Okhmatdyt hospital came under rocket fire on July 8th. As of 11:36, search and rescue operations in the hospital area have been completed.
Russia hit the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv, July 8, 2024: what is known
Updated July 9.According to the Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko, as a result of the Russian attack on the territory of Okhmatdyt, two people died, and 32 wounded sought medical help. Eight children were hospitalized with injuries.
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Updated. As reported by the National Police, two people were killed as a result of an attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv.
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— In the capital, the invaders hit the Okhmatdyt children's hospital, where two people died. Police officers, rescuers, national guardsmen, doctors and passers-by are clearing away the rubble, — the message says.
As the mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko noted, the dead — adults. Among them is one doctor.
— There are now 16 victims in the Okhmatdyt hospital. Seven of them — children. 15 victims were hospitalized. Two dead in the Okhmatdyt hospital. Both — adults. One doctor in particular, — he noted.
The State Emergency Service reported that 4 people, including 3 children, were rescued from the rubble of the Okhmatdyt children's hospital.
Lvov Mayor Andrey Sadovy reported that among those killed in Okhmatdyt 30-year-old Lviv resident Svetlana Lukyanchuk. She worked as a pediatric nephrologist.
The head of the KGVA Sergei Popko reported that 5 children were taken from the destroyed Okhmatdyt building for rehospitalization.
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Telegram channels publish footage of a Russian missile hitting Okhmatdet.
During a massive missile attack on Ukraine, Russian occupiers ended up in the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv.
Information about this was confirmed by KGVA.
— In the Shevchenkovsky district, the Okhmatdyt children's hospital was damaged, there is destruction, — the message says.
President Vladimir Zelensky published a photo of the consequences of the attack on the Okhmatdyt hospital — the new building was damaged.
Missile strike on the medicine Ohmatdit 8 linden. Photo: Volodymyr Zelensky
As reported by the mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko, patients at the children's hospital hit by an enemy missile are being evacuated to municipal hospitals in the city.
Igor Klimenko said that a rescue operation is ongoing at the scene. Volunteers help employees of the State Emergency Service clear the rubble.
Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko reported on the national telethon that the building where toxicology worked was destroyed.
— There were children on dialysis, and a laboratory was working. Here we are helped by the State Emergency Service, who were the first to rush to clear the rubble. After some time, we will understand who was evacuated by ambulance and who may be under the rubble. Now we are evacuating everyone from the intensive care unit, because there is no light or oxygen here. Evacuation takes place to different hospitals in Kyiv, — said Lyashko.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky noted that the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv — one of the most important not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe. And this is exclusively a children's hospital.
— Okhmatdyt saved and restored health to thousands of children. Now the hospital has been damaged by a Russian strike, and people are under the rubble. The exact number of wounded and dead is not yet known. Now everyone is helping clear out the rubble: doctors, ordinary people.
— Russia cannot but know where its missiles are flying, and must answer in full for all its crimes: against people, against children, against humanity in general. It is very important that the world is not silent about this now and that everyone sees what Russia is and what it is doing, — the president emphasized.
OSINT analysts are convinced that the Kh-101 was purposefully flying into the medzakdad, and not a Ukrainian air defense missile, as the Russian Ministry of Defense claims.
On July 9, a day of mourning was declared in Kyiv.
