"What cynicism are the freaks from the Kremlin demonstrating." Zelensky on the Russian strike on Kyiv • Meduza • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
"What cynicism are the freaks from the Kremlin demonstrating." Zelensky on the Russian strike on Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelensky promised that Ukraine would respond to the Russian shelling of Kiev, which, among other things, damaged the building of the Okhmatdet children's hospital. According to the latest data, 22 people were killed and 72 were injured during the Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital on July 8. In total, 33 people were killed and 140 were injured in Ukraine as a result of Russian missile strikes in one day.
"A strike on a hospital where seriously ill children were being treated. What cynicism the Kremlin freaks are demonstrating again. By already spreading signals that Ukrainian air defense was at work. That it was Ukrainian air defense, and not their calculated strike," Zelensky said at a press conference in Warsaw with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
I am grateful to all Ukrainians who started posting videos that specifically show not a part of this or that missile, but a direct missile strike that wounded and killed many people in Ukraine today. Undoubtedly, we will restore everything that these terrorists destroyed. Undoubtedly, we will respond to these monsters from Russia.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it struck Ukrainian military industry facilities and Ukrainian air bases on the morning of July 8. This was done in response to "attempts by the Kiev regime to damage Russian energy and economic facilities." Ukrainian authorities say Russia deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure. The Ukrainian Air Force claims that 38 missiles were fired at Ukrainian territory, 30 of which were shot down by air defense forces.
The Security Service of Ukraine announced that Russia had struck the Okhmatdet hospital with a strategic cruise missile Kh-101. The agency published photographs of missile fragments that were allegedly found at the site of the attack. In particular, SBU officers found fragments of the missile body with a serial number.
The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Kyiv's statements about a deliberate missile strike on civilian targets "absolutely do not correspond to reality." "Numerous published photos and video footage from Kyiv clearly confirm the fact of destruction as a result of the fall of a Ukrainian air defense missile," the Russian department said.
Judging by the published video recordings showing the moment the Okhmatdet hospital was hit, it was indeed an X-101 missile. This is indicated by the profile, rudders and engine of the missile. Presumably, the missile was flying towards the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.