Russian propaganda tries to justify the strike on children's hospital Okhmatdet

The Russian Defence Ministry and Russian propagandists are trying to justify the missile strike on the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kyiv. This is reported by the Centre for Countering Disinformation.

Russian propaganda claims that the information about the deliberate missile strike on civilian objects "does not correspond to reality".

In response to the AFU's attempts to damage Russian energy and economic facilities, the Russian army launched a group strike with long-range precision weapons on Ukrainian military industry facilities and AFU air bases," the Russian Defence Ministry said.

Russian propagandists claim that a children's hospital was destroyed by a Ukrainian air defence missile.

Earlier Socialportal reported that Russian troops launched a missile strike on Kyiv on 8 July, the debris of missiles fell in three districts of the city, there are victims.

A number of districts in Kyiv came under fire, including the country's main children's hospital Okhmatdet. As of 12:00 Kyiv time, it is known that part of the hospital building collapsed as a result. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that there are people under the rubble.