A Russian attack damaged a children's hospital in Kyiv's Solomyanskyi District
As a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of August 20, a children’s hospital in the Solomyanskyi district was damaged. The blast wave shattered windows on all floors of the hospital, damaged the doors to patient rooms and offices, and completely destroyed one of the utility rooms.
“As a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of August 20, the premises of a children’s hospital in the Solomyanskyi district of the capital were damaged. None of the hospital’s patients or medical staff were injured,” according to a statement from the Kyiv City Health Department.
Windows were shattered on all floors of the hospital building and in the wards. Doors in some patient rooms and offices were damaged.
The hospital’s technical facilities were hit hardest by the attack. One of them was completely destroyed down to the foundation, while several others sustained significant damage.
As noted, experts are currently assessing the extent of the damage and the consequences of the enemy attack. Medical care for patients continues.
This was reported by the Kyiv City Health Department.
Air defense forces intercepted 39 cruise missiles, two “Banderol” missiles, and 145 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of August 19.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia had been preparing for a massive attack for a long time, combining various types of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and attack drones to inflict maximum damage on civilian infrastructure.
Kyiv and Brovary were the main targets of the Russian attack.
Russia’s war against Ukraine is taking on the characteristics of a total war — The Kyiv Independent.
Earlier, Ukraine certified the long-range “Dovbush T40” UAV.
