Russia attacks a children's hospital in Ukraine: how many protests will there be against this?

Once again, Moscow launched a massive and indiscriminate missile attack against civilian targets in Ukraine this morning.

The powerful cruise missile used by Russia to attack a children's hospital in Ukraine
A Russian terrorist attack against Odessa to murder paramedics and firefighters

According to the Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Independent, the Russian attack has killed 28 civilians and injured 112. The attack targeted the cities of kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvoy Rog, Sloviansk, Pokrovsk and Kramatorsk, damaging 50 civilian facilities, including residential buildings, a shopping center and two medical facilities.

The capital of Ukraine has been the most damaged in this savage attack. In kyiv, the Russians have killed 22 people and wounded 72. A Kyiv Post correspondent, Jason Jay Smart, has published this video of the Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital:

Kyiv 🇺🇦 this morning.

You cannot negotiate with terrorists.

Russia must be defeated.

Arm Ukraine 🇺🇦 to win. pic.twitter.com/fTCVNF3DwE

— Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) July 8, 2024

In this city, one of the civilian buildings attacked by the Russians was the Okhmatdyt Hospital, the largest children's medical center in Ukraine. This morning, Igor Sushko published this video showing the state in which he left this children's hospital:

Russian fascists hit a children's hospital in Kyiv this morning. pic.twitter.com/qichN8os3r

— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) July 8, 2024

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced this morning: "the hospital has been damaged by a Russian strike, there are people under the rubble, and the exact number of casualties is still unknown. Right now, everyone is helping to clear the rubble – doctors and ordinary people." Along with this message he has published this video that shows images of the attacked hospital:

Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv. One of the most important CHILDREN’S hospitals not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe. Okhmatdyt has been saving and restoring the health of thousands of children.

Now that the hospital has been damaged by a Russian strike, there are… pic.twitter.com/TmRlUmSBri

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 8, 2024

"Russia cannot claim ignorance of where its missiles are flying and must be held fully accountable for all its crimes. Against people, against children, against humanity in general. It is very important that the world does not remain silent about this now, and that everyone sees what Russia is and what it is doing", Zelensky noted. In this video from @JayinKyiv we can see medical personnel and other civilians collaborating in rescue efforts at the attacked hospital:

Doctors covered in blood and volunteers assisting ongoing rescue efforts at the Children's hospital in Kyiv after it was targeted by Russian missiles. pic.twitter.com/Z3AIGK9kYb

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) July 8, 2024

For nine months, we have seen some politicians, media and organizations echo Hamas' lies to try to demonize Israel's response against these terrorists, after the attack carried out by Hamas on September 7 October against Israel, which was the largest massacre suffered by the Jewish people since the Holocaust. All over the world, from the moment of this Hamas attack, the extreme left has called for protests to criminalize Israel for exercising its right to defend itself.

However, that same extreme left has not called a single protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a country that, like Israel, is defending itself from the attack of terrorists against its territory and against His town. To the far left, the Ukrainian civilians killed by Putin matter as little as the Israeli civilians killed by Hamas.

Furthermore, attacks like today's should send a clear message to those who ask to negotiate with Russia. Nothing can be negotiated with terrorists who have been invading another country for two years, indiscriminately attacking the civilian population of Ukraine, murdering handcuffed civilians (including children) and torturing and murdering Ukrainian prisoners of war.

The only fair and decent solution there is to this war is the complete expulsion of Russia from Ukrainian territory, a territory that does not belong to it and that it should never have set foot on. Any attempt to give in to the invaders is, in reality, a way to profit from war crimes such as those committed today by Russia with this attack.

+ UPDATED 20:54h: a video reveals that the missile used by Russia in this attack was a Kh-101, a missile capable of carrying 450 kg high explosive warheads.

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Photos: Nexta / @V_Zelenskiy_official / Dmytro Lubinets