Patients of the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital are forced to wait outside after being evacuated following a strike on the building. Photo: Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA
Russia launched a barrage of airstrikes on Ukrainian cities on Monday morning, killing at least 33 people and injuring at least 50. The capital Kyiv, as well as the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Ryh were all targeted in the attack.
More people are believed to be trapped under the rubble of Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital, which was struck by a ballistic missile during the attacks, while Russian state media have been reporting that the target of the airstrikes was a “military warehouse”.
“Russia cannot help but know where its missiles are flying,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, adding that “it must be held fully accountable for all its crimes: against people, against children, against humanity in general.”
“The objectives of the strike have been achieved. The designated objects have been hit,” the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement following the strikes.
Emergency workers clear rubble from the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital following a direct hit on the facility on Monday. Photo: Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / LETAEmergency workers clear rubble from the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital following a direct hit on the facility on Monday. Photo: Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / LETAMedical staff and civilians help clear rubble from the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital. Photo: Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / LETAA woman looking after children outside the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv. Photo: Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / LETASmoke rises over Kyiv in the aftermath of the Russian missile strikes. Photo: Yevgeny Maloletka / Reuters / Scanpix / LETAPeople take shelter in a metro station as Russian missile strikes on Kyiv continue. Photo: Thomas Peter / Reuters / Scanpix / LETAFirst responders treat local residents injured during the missile strike on Kyiv. Photo: Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETARescuers extinguish a fire caused by the missile strike on Kyiv. Photo: Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
