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There's no end to Russian insolence: Norwegian missile hits Kyiv children's hospital

There's no end to Russian insolence: Norwegian missile hits Kyiv children's hospital

Videos clearly show hospital hit by Russian missile, not Ukrainian air defense debris

Jul 10, 2024 10:06 466

There's no end to Russian insolence: Norwegian missile hits Kyiv children's hospital - 1
Maria Atanasova Maria Atanasova Author at Fakti.bg

The missile that hit Kyiv's children's hospital was fired from a NASAMS launcher that appears to have been delivered from Norway to Ukraine. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vasiliy Nebenzya. He stated that he expects a reaction from the Norwegian authorities on the issue, News.bg.

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"Did they sanction that it was used to attack a children's hospital and that it was deployed in residential areas in violation of international humanitarian law?" - said the diplomat brazenly.

On July 8, explosions were heard in Kyiv, and authorities reported air defense operations and falling debris in several parts of the city. The head of Kyiv's military administration, Serhiy Popko, said after the explosions that 33 people had died and nearly 120 were injured.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about the destruction in the "Okhmatdet" children's hospital. in the neighborhood "Shevchenko" in the city. There, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, two people died and 32 were injured, including eight children.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that on the morning of July 8, the military struck Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and air bases of the country's armed forces in response to attempts by the "Kiev regime to damage Russian energy and economic facilities". The ministry called Ukraine's claims of a deliberate attack on civilian objects in Kyiv false.

The ministry said that the photos and videos taken in Kyiv "unequivocally confirm the fact of the destruction caused by the fall of a Ukrainian air defense missile fired from an anti-aircraft missile complex within the city". Nebenzya also stated that the footage also shows "a lone Ukrainian air defense missile flying in the area of the children's hospital".

Videos clearly show that the hospital was hit by a Russian missile, not debris from Ukrainian air defenses. The UN also confirmed that a Russian missile was responsible for the strike.