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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
UN says ‘high likelihood’ Kyiv children’s hospital suffered direct hit from Russian missile
Emergency services work at the site of Okhmatdyt children’s hospital hit by Russian missiles, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 8, 2024 (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
The United Nations says there is a “high likelihood” that the children’s hospital in Kyiv suffered “a direct hit” yesterday from a missile “launched by the Russian Federation.”
Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, says a deeper investigation is needed but video footage “shows the weapon directly impacting the hospital,” she tells reporters in Geneva.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said 38 people across Ukraine were killed — including four children — and 190 wounded in the wave of nearly 40 missiles that targeted several towns and cities.
