Rocket attack on Kyiv: the death toll has risen to 27, including four children

Consequences of shelling of Kyiv. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

As a result of the rocket attack on Kyiv on July 8, 27 people were killed and another 117 people were injured.

This was announced by the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Serhii Popko.

According to him, four children were among the 27 dead in Kyiv.

The State Emergency Service reported that a boy's body was found from under the rubble of a house in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Debris clearance is still ongoing at three locations.

On the morning of July 8, the Russian invaders attacked Kyiv with rockets. One Kh-101 cruise missile hit the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, destroying the dialysis building and damaging the so-called new building. Two people died there. Children are injured. All patients are transported to other hospitals of the capital.

We will remind you that the Russians fired almost 40 missiles at various Ukrainian cities. Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk were affected during the attack.

Debris from enemy missiles was recorded in six districts of Kyiv. During the rocket attack on the capital, the National Children's Specialized Hospital Okhmatdyt was also damaged. The clinic has preliminary knowledge of five dead and 11 injured. The mayor of the capital Klitschko added that 6 victims were hospitalized. Later it turned out that Russia hit the Okhmatdyt with an Kh-101 cruise missile.

Russia also shelled Kryvyi Rih. Currently, it is known that ten people died, 31 people were injured.