Explosions rang out in the Ukrainian capital on Monday in what was the biggest bombardment of Kyiv for several months. The attack struck Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine's biggest children's medical facility, which has been likened to London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. Several other cities were also hit in Vladimir Putin's salvo, with another Russian attack in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih said to have killed at least 10 people. Reports said at least 20 people were killed and 50 injured across the country. Pictures distributed by officials from the children's medical facility showed people digging through mounds of debris, black smoke billowing over a gutted building and medical staff wearing blood-stained scrubs. Children - some still hooked up to medical machines - were pictured outside the building in hospital beds, or being held by their mothers or hospital staff. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had targeted five cities with more than 40 missiles, and said people were trapped under the rubble of the hospital. The daylight attacks included Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, one of the most advanced Russian weapons, the Ukrainian air force said. The Kinzhal flies at 10 times the speed of sound, making it hard to intercept. City buildings shook from the blasts. 'There are people under the rubble, and the exact number of casualties is still unknown,' the president wrote on social media. 'Right now, everyone is helping to clear the rubble - doctors and ordinary people.'
Moment Russian hypersonic missile slams into children's hospital during 'genocidal' strikes on Ukraine that have left dozens dead - as world reacts in horror and Zelensky vows to retaliate ahead of NATO summit
