Russia spreading fakes in attempt to deflect responsibility for shelling of Okhmatdyt - ISW

This is said in a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), according to Ukrinform.

“Russian officials and information space actors are attempting to deflect responsibility for the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital strike by making false claims about the missiles involved and the state of the hospital — all contrary to available evidence,” the report says.

It is noted that the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation warned on July 9 that various Russian propaganda sources are amplifying a wide variety of information operations deflecting blame for the strike away from Russia, including false claims that Ukraine was using part or all of the hospital to treat wounded Ukrainian soldiers, that Ukraine was storing missiles at the hospital, and that Ukrainian air defense missiles and not a Russian missile hit the hospital.

Russian sources widely circulated the footage and image of the missile in the second before it hit the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, and some milbloggers even published misleading posts falsely claiming that it was a Ukrainian air defense missile and not an attacking Russian Kh-101 missile

The trajectory of the missile in the video and the visible turbojet engine under its hull match the frame of a Russian Kh-101 and do not support claims that it was an air defense interceptor, nor does the missile appear damaged by air defense interceptors.

The Ukrainian SBU also reported that the serial numbers of the missile components match those of other Russian Kh-101s launched at Ukraine.

As Ukrinform reported, Russian forces fired nearly 40 air-, sea- and ground-launched missiles at Ukraine on July 8. The large-scale missile attack hit Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk. Residential buildings, infrastructure, and the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital were damaged.