Ukraine’s capital under comes under attack, with mayor saying children’s hospital damaged
Russian attack on Kyiv injures dozens
A Russian missile attack overnight targeting the Ukrainian capital damaged a children’s hospital, with Kyiv’s mayor reporting at least 51 people injured in the “enemy attack.”
Ukraine’s air defence systems downed all 10 ballistic missiles targeting the capital at about 3 a.m, it said on Telegram.
Falling debris caused injuries and destruction in four of Kyiv’s districts along the Dnipro River, which cuts through the capital. Debris hit several residential buildings in the Dniprovskyi district, injuring at least 51 people, including six children, officials said.
“As a result of the enemy’s night missile attack [on] the capital’s Dniprovsky district, an apartment building was damaged,” Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on social media, Reuters reports.
