residential
and
infrastructure
across
last night, the UN human rights chief, Volker Turk,
described as abominable the deadly blasts at two
Kiev hospitals that treat Children and women.
Civilians must be protected
and the laws of war strictly adhered to.
There must be prompt,
thorough and independent investigations into these latest
grave attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure,
and those responsible must be held to account.
I will begin with the attack on
Edit Children's Hospital because this is one of the most
egregious attacks that we've seen since the onset of,
um, the full scale invasion.
Is it OK?
No, we
do
still have
any
anybody
has. The
MAIT
is a Children's specialist hospital where
families from across the country bring their
Children for treatment of serious medical conditions
such as cancer and kidney disease.
My team spent most of yesterday at the incident site yesterday,
speaking with medical staff, parents of Children
and residents that live in the area surrounding the hospital.
For everyone
to
know
thank you.
Analysis of the video footage
and assessment made at the incident site
indicates a high likelihood
that the Children's hospital suffered a direct hit
rather than receiving damages due to an intercepted weapon system.
Of course, as was said earlier, this must be
investigated.
At the time of the attack,
670 child patients, mainly in patients, were there.
Together with
more than 1000 medical staff,
30 of the 38 missile. The attack also damaged the intensive care,
surgical and oncology wards,
and 600 Children, Um,
have been transferred to other hospitals in Keith
City and areas in in Keith Province.
This terrible attack shows that nowhere is safe in Ukraine.
Yesterday's massive attack across the country
involved at least 38 different cruise missiles
and ballistic rockets of various types,
as well as drones
in multiple waves
throughout the day. The incident site
indicates a high likelihood we haven't determined.
We've assessed the factors that suggest the likelihood that it was a direct hit,
um, of a KH 101 missile launched by the Russian Federation.
The factors suggesting that it was a direct hit
are based on video footage,
which shows the technical specification of the type of weapon that was used.
It shows the weapon directly impacting the hospital
rather than being intercepted in the air.
And thirdly, my military, our our military expert visited the site yesterday
and observed damages at the site that were consistent with a direct hit.
Thank you for your question, Lisa.
It can take many years as we've seen in other contexts.
So what's absolutely crucial is that we keep attention on the situation in Ukraine
on the terrible attacks that are taking place across the country every day.
And we will continue from our side the meticulous documentation that we are doing
on the ground every day
to ensure that accountability one day
will be a reality.