At least 20 people have been killed after Russia launched massive missile attack against cities across Ukraine, according to officials.
In the capital, Kyiv, at least seven people were killed in a rare daytime attack. The city’s mayor said a children’s hospital was hit by the missile strike and was being evacuated.
The head of the military administration in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih said at least 10 people had been killed there, with three more killed in the eastern town of Pokrovsk.
Zelensky said different cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk have been targeted by Moscow with over 40 missiles of various types. Residential buildings, infrastructure, and a children’s hospital were reportedly damaged.
Plumes of smoke could be seen across the capital Kyiv, while video posted on social media showed the destruction inside and outside of the Okhmadyt children’s hospital.
Zelensky said in a social media post that people were trapped under the rubble of the hospital.
“Right now, everyone is helping to clear the rubble – doctors and ordinary people.”
Health Minister, Viktor Lyashko said cancer and intensive care wards had been hit in the blast.
Kyiv’s mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko told the Reuters news agency from the hospital that the bombardment was “one of the worst attacks” on the capital since the start of the war.
Source: BBC
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
