Baby born in hospital shelter during Russian missile attack on Kyiv Oblast

A baby boy was born on 2 January in the shelter of a hospital in the town of Boiarka, Kyiv Oblast, during a massive Russian missile attack on Ukraine.

Source: Ruslan Kravchenko, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

"A baby was born in the shelter of the maternity ward at Boiarka Intensive Care Hospital during the missile attack. A boy weighing 3.5 kg [7 lb 11 oz]," Kravchenko said.

Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia contacted the maternity ward to find out more details, but they firmly refused to comment.

Background:

• On the night of 1-2 January, Russia launched 99 missiles of various types against Ukraine, 72 of which were destroyed.
• Missile wreckage crashed in Kyiv's Pecherskyi, Obolonskyi, Holosiivskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts, and a civilian infrastructure facility was hit in the Podilskyi district.
• The massive missile attack on the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast claimed three lives and left one dead and 43 injured, 37 of whom were hospitalised, in Kyiv itself.
• Ukraine's National Police posted a video featuring the first few minutes after the Russian attack in Kyiv.

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