Kiev, Children’s Hospital Bombed: The War in Ukraine Is Not a Matter of Political Parties

L’Kiev Children’s Hospital is among the targets hit in a missile attack launched by Russia on several cities in Ukraine. More than 40 Russian missiles on the country. At least 20 dead and 50 wounded, almost a dozen victims in the capital where the hospital dedicated to children was hit.

Several people are trapped under the rubble of the Okhmatdyt hospital, the Ukrainian president says. Volodymyr Zelensky who is visiting Poland. “Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kiev. One of the most important children’s hospitals not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe. Now that the hospital has been damaged by a Russian attack, there are people under the rubble and the exact number of victims is not yet known. Right now everyone is helping to clear the rubble: doctors and ordinary people,” the president wrote on social media, also posting a video of the destroyed building.

«Russia cannot claim ignorance of where its missiles fly and must be held fully accountable for all its crimes. Against people, against children, against humanity in general. It is very important that the world does not remain silent about this and that everyone sees what Russia is and what it is doing,” the Ukrainian president added.

Today’s is the largest Russian bombing in several months. Kryvyi RihPresident Zelensky’s hometown, at least 10 civilians were killed. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the attack used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, among the most difficult to intercept.

Zelensky is in Warsaw, Poland, to seek support and reiterate his country’s position after the Hungarian president Viktor Orbánwho is leading the EU in this semester, was in Russia in recent days and is now in China. He had no EU mandate, but says he has negotiated a peace plan that however includes the transfer of Ukrainian territories to Moscow and Kiev has made it known that “Putin’s diktat contained in his proposal is unacceptable”.

The election results in the UK and France do not bode well for any changes in commitment to Kiev. New British Defense Secretary John Haley reaffirms commitment to Ukraine during a surprise visit to Odessa, where he was received by his counterpart Rustem Umerov. He promises to “reinvigorate British support by stepping up deliveries of vital military aid” to resist Russian aggression “for as long as necessary.”