Ukraine Rebuts Russian Claims About Strike on Kyiv Hospital

  • Ukrainian Security Service claims the strike was intentional
  • Death toll of missile attacks in Ukraine on Monday rose to 40
Rescue workers search through rubble following a Russian strike on the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv on July 8.Photographer: Ori Aviram/AFP/Getty Images

Ukraine said Russia used a cruise missile in Monday’s attack on a hospital in Kyiv, rebutting Moscow’s claims that a Ukrainian anti-air missile was responsible.

Ukraine’s Health Ministry said in a statement that 627 patients were in the Okhmatdyt hospital at the time of the attack that injured 32 people including eight children and killed two.