Russian officials and propagandists are spreading false statements about the missiles that struck the Okhmatdet children's hospital and the state of the medical facility.
In this way, the Russian authorities are trying to avoid responsibility.
This is reported by analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
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Russia wants to avoid responsibility for the strike on Okhmatdet
The Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation warned that Russian propagandists are stepping up various information operations aimed at removing responsibility from Russia for the attack on the children's hospital.
In addition, Russian propagandists made a number of false statements that:
- Ukraine is using part or all of the hospital allegedly to treat wounded soldiers;
- Ukraine is storing missiles in the hospital;
- The hospital was hit by Ukrainian air defense missiles, not a Russian missile.
Analysts from the Institute for the Study of War once again emphasized that the children's hospital Okhmatdet is not a military hospital.
– Many of the aforementioned false Russian information operations do not exempt Russian troops from legal or moral responsibility for the consequences of the strikes on Ukraine, – ISW emphasized.
Strike on Okhmatdet on July 8: what is known
On July 8, during a massive missile strike on Ukraine, Russian occupiers hit the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kyiv, resulting in deaths and injuries.
According to KGVA, as of the morning of July 9, the number of victims had increased to 27 people, including four children. The number of wounded also increased to 117 people. During the nighttime clearing of rubble, the body of a boy was found.
It should be noted that the Kiev city authorities declared July 9 a Day of Mourning in the capital in connection with the terrorist attack of Russia on civilian objects in Kiev.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 867 days.
The situation in the cities can be monitored on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and the map of air raids in Ukraine.
