Ukraine war news: Doctor describes moment deadly attack hit children’s hospital – Ukrainian drones attack oil depot and power plant in Russia | World news

As we reported, Russia today launched a wave of attacks on cities across Ukraine.

Among the numerous buildings hit was the largest children’s hospital in Kyiv.

At least 36 civilians were killed in the attacks across the country.

Parents holding their babies walked dazed and sobbing on the street outside the hospital after the rare airstrike in broad daylight.

The government declared a day of mourning on Tuesday for one of the heaviest air strikes of the war, saying the attack showed that Ukraine urgently needs reinforcements of its air defenses from its Western allies.

The air defenses shot down 30 of 38 missiles, the air force said. In Kyiv, the central cities of Kryvyi Rih and Dnipro, and two cities in the east, 50 civilian buildings were damaged, including residential buildings, a business center and two medical facilities, the interior minister said.

An online video showed a missile falling from the sky onto the children’s hospital, followed by a massive explosion. The location of the video was verified using visible landmarks. The Security Service of Ukraine identified the missile as a Kh-101 cruise missile.

Officials said 22 people, including two children, were killed and 82 others injured in Kyiv by the main rocket attack and another attack two hours later.

Eleven deaths and 64 injuries were confirmed in the Dnipropetrovsk region, regional officials said.

Three people were killed in the eastern Siberian city of Pokrovsk when rockets hit an industrial facility, the governor said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced retaliation by Ukraine and called on Kyiv’s Western allies to respond decisively to the attack.

“We will retaliate against these people and we will certainly give Russia a strong response. The question for our partners is: can they respond?” he said.