Ukraine's government declares a national day of mourning after a missile barrage launched by Russia in multiple cities killed dozens of civilians and injured more than 100.
A Kyiv paediatric hospital where children undergo cancer treatment has been struck by Russia n missiles in broad daylight.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — who is expected to meet with NATO leaders this week — vowed retaliation and called on allies for a firm response to the attacks.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who stopped in Poland before heading off to Washington for a NATO summit, put the death toll at 37, including three children. More than 170 were injured.Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian MP whose son was operated on in the hospital last year, said it was heartbreaking to see the attack on a facility that was one of the last remaining hopes for children injured in the war.
"Russia was shooting a high-precision missile onto a densely populated city … in the peak hours of the morning when people would have been either in their jobs, children would have been in nurseries, kindergartens and parents would have been going into hospitals," she said. "Enemy missiles are equipped with additional means, including radar and thermal traps," Mr Ignat wrote on Facebook.
The Health Minister said five units of the children's hospital, the largest and best equipped in the country, were damaged and children were evacuated to other facilities. "We will retaliate against these people, we will deliver a powerful response from our side to Russia, for sure. The question to our partners is: can they respond?" he said.
"This callous aggression — a total disregard for human life, jeopardising European & Transatlantic security — is why leaders will make significant security commitments to Ukraine this week," the US ambassador to Kyiv, Bridget Brink, posted on X. Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, although its attacks have killed thousands of civilians since it launched its invasion in February 2022.
France's foreign ministry called the bombardment of a children's hospital "barbaric" and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the attack as "abhorrent".
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