Ukraine: At Least 29 Killed After Russian Missile Attack

Facts

• At least 29 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a Russian missile attack targeted five Ukrainian cities and struck a children's hospital in Kyiv on Monday.¹
• Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over 40 missiles were used in the attack, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk.²
• As emergency service workers and civilians helped to clear the rubble from the Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv, a preliminary death toll was unclear. However, there were at least 10 confirmed fatalities and 25 injured elsewhere in the Ukrainian capital.³
• Three of those deaths are believed to have come from a separate maternity hospital in the capital, which Ukraine's emergency services said had been hit by falling missile debris.⁴
• Meanwhile, at least 10 people were killed and 31 were injured in Kryvyi Rih, according to the head of the city's administration.⁵
• At least three people were also killed in strikes on the Donetsk town of Pokrovsk, according to officials there.⁶

Sources: ¹Guardian, ²Ukrainska Pravda (a), ³Ukrainska Pravda (b), ⁴The Kyiv Independent (a), ⁵The Kyiv Independent (b) and ⁶Ukrainska Pravda (c).

Narratives

• Pro-Ukraine narrative, as provided by Ukrainska Pravda. This is yet another example of the terrorism that Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin has unleashed on Ukraine. How many more demonstrations does the world need before taking decisive action against him?
• Pro-Russia narrative, as provided by TASS. Russia has repeatedly said that it does not target civilians. All strikes are directed at military targets, including military warehouses, fuel depots, and training facilities.

Predictions