Boy dies in hospital after being injured in Russian attack on Okhmatdyt

A boy who suffered from the Russian attack on the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv on 8 July has died in hospital. 

Source: Viktor Liashko, Ukraine’s Minister of Health, on Facebook 

Quote: "Unfortunately, we have the first child death among the patients at Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital during the terrorist incident on 8 July.

A young boy who was in a critical condition in Okhmatdyt's intensive care unit at the time of the missile attack has died. After [the attack - ed.], he was brought to one of Kyiv's hospitals."

Background: 

• The Russians launched a strike on the Okhmatdyt National Children's Specialised Hospital in Kyiv on 8 July. One of the buildings was destroyed. The Kyiv authorities reported that two adults had been killed and 32 injured.
• The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) defined Russia's attack on the Okhmatdyt National Children's Specialised Hospital in Kyiv as a war crime and initiated criminal proceedings into the matter. Early reports from SSU investigators indicate the Russians used a Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile to attack the medical facility.
• The Ukrainian Air Force has also clearly refuted the possibility that a Ukrainian air defence missile could have hit the Okhmatdyt hospital. The evidence is a screenshot of a video and a photo of a Kh-101 missile, as well as a photo of an AIM-120 missile, the kind of projectile that NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems use.
• Bellingcat analysts as well as a number of independent nuclear weapons and missile technology experts concluded that the attack on Kyiv's Okhmatdyt hospital involved the use of a Russian Kh-101 missile.

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