Posted on 07/08/2024 5:01:15 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
At least 24 people were killed on Monday after Russia launched a massive missile attack against cities across Ukraine, including on a children’s hospital.
In the capital, Kyiv, at least ten people were killed in a rare daytime attack.
The Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Ukraine’s biggest children’s medical facility, was hit in the attack, according to reports. There was no immediate word on casualties there.
At least 10 people were killed in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, with three killed in the eastern town of Pokrovsk and one in Dnipro.
The attacks included Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, one of the most advanced Russian weapons, the Ukrainian air force said.
The Kinzhal flies at 10 times the speed of sound, making it hard to intercept. City buildings shook from the blasts.
At the children's hospital, a two-story building was partly destroyed. On the hospital's main 10-story building, windows and doors were blown out and walls were blackened. Blood spattered the floor in one room.
Medical personnel and local people helped shift the rubble as they searched for children and medical workers who could be trapped underneath. Volunteers formed a line, passing stones and debris to each other. Smoke still rose from the building, and volunteers and emergency crews worked in protective masks.
The attack forced the hospital to shut down and evacuate. Some mothers carried their children away on their backs. Others waited in the courtyard with their children as calls to doctors' phones rang unanswered.
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An entire section of a residential multistory building in one district of Kyiv was destroyed, officials said. Three electricity substations were damaged or completely destroyed in two districts of Kyiv, energy company DTEK said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had targeted five cities with more than 40 missiles of different types.
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Just say NO to human shields 🛡
I thought Ukraine could shoot down 29 of 30 missiles.
Another stray SAM? There is no signs of a cruise missile hit on your photo.
I wonder how the corrupt leaders in the Ukraine, the Biden Administration, and Nato are going to try spin the fact that the Ukraine and Russia went though 3 years of of un necessary horror and loss of a senseless NATO proxy war to end up with a worse peace agreement than they could have had less than a month into the conflict back in the Spring of 2022.
Zelensky, Biden and the EU NATO leadership have much to answer for to the Ukrainian people and Putin has much to answer for to the Russians as wel.
What the heck are the zeepers even whining about?? There are endless posts telling us how much they enjoy the blown up bodies of innocent civilians, including children.
Let’s see what this blood thirsty warmonger has to say now....
dennisw “Sounds like a great idea for the Russian beachgoers. Buzz them good and drop an explosive away from them..... F’em”
Posted on 07/08/2024 5:41:16 AM PDT by
In other news, the newly started FReepathon, a mere week old, is already behind.
To aMPU, very appropriate meme you have, please add me to your ping list.
Super fast, but not super accurate?
Not far fetched, given that after 2 years of war, this happens on the very day the NATO summit opens in DC
However
Russia is not deliberately targeting civilians. Why would they? Not any country in the world would support this. There is NO military gain from an act like this, only sympathy for victims. Especially today as NATO summit convenes…eh
But collateral damage, missiles knocked off target, target error, Uke air defense missiles falling back onto non-targets…all possible.
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