Ukrainian children’s hospital attacked as Russian strikes on cities kill at least 37 | CNN

🌈 Abstract

The article discusses a Russian missile strike that partially destroyed a children's hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, causing terrified patients and their families to flee for their lives. The attack was part of a broader bombardment on Ukrainian cities, killing at least 37 people and injuring 170 others. The article highlights the devastating impact on the children's hospital, which is Ukraine's largest medical center for children, and the efforts to evacuate and provide assistance to the victims.

🙋 Q&A

[01] Russian Missile Strike on Kyiv Children's Hospital

1. What happened during the Russian missile strike on the children's hospital in Kyiv?

• A Russian missile strike partially destroyed the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv, causing terrified patients and their families to flee for their lives.
• The attack was part of a broader bombardment on Ukrainian cities, killing at least 37 people and injuring 170 others.
• Two floors of the hospital were demolished, comprising an area of 400 square meters, and intensive care units, oncology departments, and surgery units were damaged.
• More than 600 patients were evacuated from the hospital, with more than 100 transferred to other healthcare facilities.

2. What was the impact of the attack on the children's hospital?

• The children's hospital is Ukraine's largest medical center for children, providing vital care for some of the sickest children in the country.
• The attack severely damaged the intensive care, surgical, and oncology wards, as well as the children's toxicology department where children receive dialysis.
• In the hospital's newer building, 12 departments were damaged, and a section of Ukraine's only oncology and hematology laboratory was completely destroyed.

3. How did the medical staff and patients respond to the attack?

• Natalia Sardudinova, a senior nurse, described the moment the strike hit the hospital, saying it was "scary, but we survived."
• Two children were in the operating theaters at the time of the blast, and they were relocated to the basement shelter once their procedures were completed.
• Iryna Filimonova, a senior nurse, said an operation on a 2-year-old was underway when the strike happened, and they had to quickly sew up the patient and bring them down to the shelter.
• Oksana Mosiychuk, an operating theater nurse, said they had to extinguish a fire that broke out in their department, including an operating table that had caught fire.

[02] International Reaction and Calls for Accountability

1. How did the international community respond to the attack on the children's hospital?

• French officials urged for the attack to "be added to the list of war crimes for which Russia will be held to account."
• The United Kingdom's new prime minister, Keir Starmer, described the hospital strike on innocent children as "the most depraved of actions."
• A top official at the UN's children's agency, executive director Catherine Russell, said the devastation wrought on the medical facility "is yet another brutal reminder that nowhere is safe for children in Ukraine."
• The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting to discuss Russia's deadly strike on the children's hospital.

2. What actions are being taken to hold Russia accountable for the attack?

• Ukraine's prosecutor general sent evidence of Monday's Russian attacks to the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
• The article notes that there have been more than 1,600 instances of heavy weapons attacks impacting medical facilities in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, with 141 people killed in these attacks.