8 July 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine

8 July 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
Part of attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Okhmatdyt children's hospital following the Russian airstrike, which killed two adults
LocationKyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Pokrovsk, Kropyvnytskyi
Date8 July 2024
10 a.m.
Attack type
Missile and guided bomb strike
WeaponsKh-101[1][2] and others
Deaths≥47[3][4][5][6]
Injured≥189[3][7][5][6]
Perpetrators Russia

A massive missile attack on Ukraine occurred on 8 July 2024 during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kropyvnytskyi, and Pokrovsk came under fire from more than forty missiles of the Russian military.[8] In total, at least 47 people were killed and about 170 were injured.[9][10] In Kyiv, strikes damaged residential buildings and infrastructure, notably including the Okhmatdyt children's hospital, the country's largest, which killed two adults.[11] The city's Artem military plant [uk] was also hit.[12] The international community condemned the attacks. The Security Service of Ukraine defined Russia's attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital as a war crime and initiated criminal proceedings into the matter.[13][8] Human Rights Watch also wrote that the strike against the children’s hospital should be investigated as a war crime.[14]

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  10. ^ "Ukraine war latest: Mass Russian missile strike kills, injures over 200 civilians". The Kyiv Independent. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Дитяча лікарня "Охматдит" постраждала під час обстрілу Києва: волонтери розбирають завали" (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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  13. ^ "Ukraine's Security Service identifies missile Russia used to hit Kyiv children's hospital – photo" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainska Pravda. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Russia's July 8 Attack on a Children's Hospital in Ukraine". Human Rights Watch. 11 July 2024.