Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russian military deploying hypersonic missiles toward Ukrainian targets

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive Russian missile attack across Ukraine on Monday killed at least 31 people and wounded 154, officials said, in an attack that also hit a large children’s hospital in the capital of Kiev. The target was hit, where disaster teams searched for debris. victim.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social media post that hours of sunlight hit five Ukrainian cities with more than 40 missiles of various types, targeting condo structures and populated infrastructure. Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted 30 missiles.

The attack in Zelensky’s birthplace of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine killed 10 people and wounded 47, with the head of the city’s leadership, Oleksandr Vilkul, saying it was a major missile attack. The government reported that seven people were killed in Kiev.

“It is very important that the world should no longer be silent about this and that everyone should see what Russia is and is doing,” Zelensky said on social media.

Western leaders sponsoring Ukraine will host three days NATO height Starting Tuesday in Washington. They will look at how they might be able to reassure Kiev about the alliance backup And Trade in Ukrainian Hope That his country could succeed in Europe’s biggest battle since World War II.

At the Okhmadite Children’s Sanatorium in Kiev, rescuers searched for victims under the debris of the collapse of a portion of a two-story wing of the facility. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least 16 people were injured, including seven children.

In the sanatorium’s main 10-story building, windows and doors were blown out and walls blackened. There was blood scattered on the floor in one room. Officials said the comprehensive support unit, running theater and oncology area were all damaged.

Rescue workers searched for children and medical staff within the debris. Volunteers shaped a layout by passing bricks and alternating particles for each option. Smoke continued to rise from the building, however, and volunteers and emergency crews worked to save the facade.

The attack forced the hospital to be evacuated and temporarily closed. Some mothers carried their children on their backs, while others waited with their children on the lawn as screams on the phone to doctors went unanswered.

A few hours after the initial crash, another air siren sent many of them to the safety of a hospital. Through torchlight through the dim corridors of the safe haven, mothers carried their babies with their fingers bandaged and medical staff carried them on gurneys. With the aim of providing peace to the youth, volunteers distributed sweets.

Marina Plaskonos said that her 4-year-old son had spinal surgery on Friday.

“My child is scared,” she said. “This shouldn’t be happening, this is a children’s hospital,” she said, crying.

Ukraine’s security provider said it found debris of a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile at the site and has filed a lawsuit accusing it of war crimes. The Kh-101 is an air-launched missile that flies low to avoid radar detection. Ukraine said it shot down 11 of the 13 Kh-101 missiles fired on Monday.

Czech President Petr Pavel said the attack on the hospital was “inexcusable” and that he hoped there would be a consensus at the NATO summit that Russia is “the biggest threat for which we must be fully prepared.”

The German government also condemned the attacks. A Foreign Office spokesman called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to “immediately end this war of aggression against so many innocent people.”

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the measures were focused on Ukrainian defense plants and armed forces air bases and were successful. It denied targeting any civilian facilities and claimed without evidence that photographs from Kiev indicated the damage was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile.

Since the beginning of the war, now in its third year, Russian officials have constantly claimed Moscow’s forces never attack civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, despite what officials in Kiev say, in addition to Associated Press reporting.

Elsewhere in Kiev, where seven of the city’s 10 districts were struck in the heaviest Russian bombardment of the capital in nearly four months, the crackdown left seven dead and 25 wounded, officials said.

In the first move, about three hours later, additional missiles struck Kiev and partially destroyed a private medical center. Ukraine’s situation provider said, four people were killed there.

In the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital, a three-storey residential building was destroyed. Situation teams searched for casualties, and AP newshounds spotted them carrying three bodies.

Resident Halina Sieciwka said the powerful explosion caused chars inside access structures, shattered windows and knocked a dog into a neighboring backyard.

“Now there is nothing in our apartment, no windows, no door, nothing. Nothing,” the 28-year-old said.

Kinjal Hypersonic Missiles The Ukrainian Air Force reported that the Russian guns used in attack are some of the most complex, firing at 10 times the rate of fire and making interception easier.

The buildings of the city were shaken by the explosions. Power company DTEK said three power substations in two districts of Kyiv were damaged or destroyed.

The head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andriy Yermak, said the attack occurred on a day when many people were on the streets.

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Samya Kullab in Kyiv contributed.

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