Kathmandu: A Russian missile has hit a children’s hospital in the capital of Ukraine. At least 20 people died in the attack.Similarly, in the attack in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, 10 people were killed and 31 were injured, according to Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the city administration.
This is the biggest bombing in Kiev in months. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Kinzhal hypersonic missile, one of Russia’s most advanced weapons, was also used in the day-long attack.
As ‘Kinjhal’ flies at high speed i.e. 10 times the speed of sound, it is difficult to stop it. Buildings in the city were shaken by the blast. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired more than 40 missiles of various types, hitting apartment buildings and public structures.
The Kyiv city administration said that in some areas debris from the missile had fallen and started to catch fire. Thick plumes of smoke rose from many parts of Kiev.
Andriy Yermal, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said the attack took place when many people were gathering on the streets of the city. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said an official assessment of the attack’s outcome was underway. Local authorities also reported explosions in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region.
The attack comes on the eve of a three-day NATO summit in Washington aimed at reassuring Ukraine of the alliance’s unwavering support and raising hopes of how Ukraine can emerge from Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. agency