UN says ‘high likelihood’ Kyiv children’s hospital suffered direct hit from Russian missile

By AFP 9 July 2024, 12:29 pm

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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.