Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital likely took a direct hit from a Russian missile on Monday, a United Nations assessment has found.
Danielle Bell, head of the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, told reporters Tuesday that the attack damaged the intensive care, surgical and oncology wards at Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital. Two adults were killed in the strike and 16 others, including seven children, were injured, according to Ukrainian officials.
Russia has repeatedly denied targeting the hospital and alleged, without evidence, that a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile caused the blast.
Moscow launched a brazen daytime aerial assault on targets across Ukraine on Monday, killing at least 43 people, according to figures released by authorities on Tuesday. The attacks came as NATO leaders gathered in Washington, where the United States and NATO allies agreed to give Ukraine more Patriot batteries and additional systems to strengthen Kyiv’s air defenses, members of the defense alliance said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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