Russia At least 20 dead from Russian missile attack on Ukraine
According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, at least 20 people have been killed and around 50 injured by heavy Russian missile attacks on Ukraine. Krywyj Rih in the south of Ukraine and the capital Kiev were particularly affected. A large children's hospital in Kiev was also hit, as President Volodymyr Selenskyj wrote on the X social network.
08.07.2024, 11:58
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The number of victims there has not yet been determined. The head of state published a short video showing destroyed hospital rooms and traces of blood on the floor. Selensky spoke of people being buried. "Everyone is helping to clear the rubble - doctors and other people," he wrote.
Other cities also affected
According to initial information from the city administration, at least seven people were killed and at least nine injured in Kiev, a city of three million. According to the military administration of Krywyj Rih, at least 10 people were killed and more than 30 injured after being hit. Damage was also reported from the large city of Dnipro. Other targets included the frontline cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
According to Zelensky, the Russian military used more than 40 missiles in the attack. It was unusual that the heavy attack took place during the day at the beginning of the working week. Air strikes using drones, cruise missiles and rockets had already taken place during the night.
Ukraine has been fending off a Russian invasion with Western help for over two years and has repeatedly pushed for the deployment of modern air defense systems. According to the latest information, Ukraine has received four of the particularly powerful Patriot systems, but believes it needs many more.
