in the middle of the day, russia hit ukraine with missiles in kyiv. taught at the okhmatdyt children's hospital. this is one of the biggest attacks on the ukrainian capital since the beginning of the year. how does the world react? we talk about it on bbc live from london. i am yevgenia shedlovska. massive russian shelling. kyiv, dnipro, kryvyi rih, donetsk region were under attack, dozens of dead and wounded. the air force command of ukraine reported that, according to preliminary data, russia fired 38 missiles, 30 of which were shot down. in kyiv , the russian military targeted houses in in different areas, in the center of... one

of the buildings of the ohmada children's hospital is located in the largest children's hospital in the country. the sbu declares that the hospital was hit by a kha-1 missile, and this is its debris. such photos were published by the security service, and a video was shared on social networks, which is believed to be the moment of the attack on the children's hospital. it shows how fast the rocket flies, and then there is an explosion. ukraine is investigating russia's actions as a war crime. kyiv convenes an extraordinary meeting of the un security council due to the attack on civilians. and these are the consequences. impact, the biggest destruction in the hull, where there were department of intensive care, toxicology, hemodialysis and laboratory research, as the head of one of the departments oleksandr lositsia said, the hospital was 80% out of order, the children who were there were transferred to other medical institutions, but how did it happen, children with drips, in the middle of the street , these are the photos in the world today, what an international reaction, in britain, the new prime minister kirstarmer. shared a video of the consequences of the attack on

khmadid by zelenskyi and wrote on the social network that the attack on innocent children is the most vile actions and assured ukraine of support, and the newly appointed british foreign minister david lamy called the shelling of the hospital the most terrible attack on ukrainian civilians. in italy, the minister of foreign affairs , antonio tajani, shocked by the photos of the bombing of kyiv, in which a children's hospital was targeted, wrote that war crimes must be condemned. by the entire international community, his statement and the un representative regarding ukraine declared the deaths and injuries of children in this war unacceptable, reminded that according to international humanitarian law, hospitals have a special protection during war. and how does russia explain such a blow? in addition to the usual statements that they hit military industry facilities and air bases, the russian ministry of defense claims that the destruction in kyiv was caused by the fall of ukraine.

air defense missile, which the ukrainian authorities deny, saying that it was a russian missile. well, you can read about the consequences of the russian attack, the massive attack on ukraine, on our website bbc.ua, in particular, what happened in ahmadida, what is happening, what is happening in ahmadida and in what condition and what is the condition of the hospital, what is happening there now? well, at the same time , president zelenskyi, president zelenskyi is in warsaw today, and there he commented on the russian shelling of the hospital, he started, he started the press conference with prime minister tusk with a moment of silence, and this is what zelenskyi said about the consequences of the russian shelling. "what cynicism in this is again

demonstrated by the bastards from the kremlin in that even now, if you heard the signals that it was the ukrainian ppu that was working, that it was the ukrainian ppu, and not their calculated strike, and the polish prime minister donald tusk, he also did not hide his emotions, there are no such words, no words , there are no such documents, such political statements, which would be enough to express condemnation of the aggressor on the one hand, and show solidarity and help on the other hand. ukraine has already has been demonstrating its heroism for many, many months, and at the same time it needs the help of the entire civilized world. ukraine and poland have signed security agreements, but will ukraine get more opportunities to protect itself from

such russian strikes, my colleague diana koryshko was at zelensky's press conference and tuska says, there were words of sympathy, but what else did we hear there, the president of ukraine. ended up here in warsaw on the way to the nato summit in the usa, and in principle it could have been one of many such press conferences, one of many signings of security agreements, ukraine has already signed 19 of them, but this is how this terrible blow happened and what actually distinguishes today's the event from others, the prime minister of central ukraine emphasized several times that this is not only about documents, papers and not only about words, but that they will be followed by actions that ukraine will receive. more air defense systems, and more help, today it was also said that if help is needed in the treatment of children, poland can provide it, ukraine can count on it, that is, there were such positive calls to support each other, but

president zelenskyi still made several such sharp statements to the partners, and recalling today's strike on ohmada, he noted that... turning to the partners, you want to hear and see such strikes again, you want to see it again, and he called on the partners to allow ukraine to strike at russia, he said , that if you do not have the opportunity, then give a chance, an opportunity to someone who has such an opportunity, he assured that ukraine will respond strongly to this blow, and he asked the partners, and you will answer, what will be ... your answer, that is, this there was a kind of request addressed to the partners regarding the insufficient rigidity of the reaction to such strikes as today in the hospital, of course they were talking about children, about the number of wounded, which are still unknown to the end, and one of those

also acute questions that sounded from the hall to to donald tusk, it was about how many minutes and time does poland need to make a decision about... a missile, we know that russian missiles have repeatedly flown into the territory of poland and they have not been shot down, and to this question donald tusk gave such a rather long and vague answer, he promised to talk about agreeing on it is with other nato members, promised that poland will make efforts so that these missiles can really be shot down, but there was no concrete answer to the question, so how many minutes, i don't... they need for this . yana koryshko from warsaw. at the same time, russia accuses ukraine of provocations on the eve of the nato summit, which will begin tomorrow in washington. in general, the bbc correspondent in moscow, steve rosenberg, analyzes how russia comments on the shelling of ukrainian cities.

the ministry of defense of russia issued a statement. here it is: they actually deny that they targeted civilian infrastructure in ukraine. the ministry stated that... russian military fired missiles at military-industrial facilities and ukrainian airbases, it claims that the damage seen in the photo and video, i.e. damage to civilian objects, was caused by the ukrainian air defense system. i can't confirm this, but of course there is no mention in the statement that if russia had not launched the missiles at all, then ukraine would not have had to use air defenses to try to shoot them down. it's very much like one of those days when you feel the chasm between appearance and reality. on friday. i was in the kremlin when viktor orbán flew in for talks with vladimir putin, and i was in the room when vladimir putin talked about how committed he was to a diplomatic solution to the ukrainian conflict. he was talking about his the so-called peace initiative, and three days later we see deadly attacks on ukraine.

meanwhile, the prime minister of india arrived in moscow today. as for the war in ukraine, it will be interesting because about two years ago, prime minister modi told vladimir putin: now is not the time for war, when he was talking about an invasion. russia to ukraine. i wonder what he will say today. but mainly, trade issues are on the agenda. they will talk about strengthening economic ties. for vladimir putin , this is an important visit because it gives him more one possibility to say: look, russia is not isolated. the west tried to isolate russia because of the war in ukraine. but look, here we have the leader of the world's most populous country. india is coming to meet me, to sit at the table with me, to make deals with me. the kremlin does not miss an opportunity to point this out. i will remind that last month vladimir putin was in north korea, he went to vietnam, he was in kazakhstan, he met with the leaders of china, turkey and qatar, and as i said, viktor orbán was here last week, so the message from moscow, including this visit by mr. modi, will be: russia is not isolated. i am often asked

what vladimir putin thinks, it is very difficult to get into the mind of the russian president. could this be a signal from moscow to nato ahead of the summit, a signal... that russia has no intention of losing this war, who knows, but of course it goes against the peace talk and peace initiatives we've been hearing from moscow for the past few days . and with us in connection with kyiv. colleague zhanna bespyatchuk, jean, such a massive russian shelling of ukraine on the eve of the nato summit, why russia? yes, i congratulate zhenya, now another air alarm has started in kyiv, you can hear a siren, it is quite loud here in the city center, so why now, it is certain that this is the question that is somehow answered in the language of facts and evidence. it is difficult to answer, but what

happened today in the ukrainian capital is undeniable, if we talk purely about the hitting of the children's hospital , the largest hospital in ukraine, which treats children with such diseases, severe, complex, in particular, with oncological diseases that are not treated anywhere else in ukraine, such training is not, let's say, an isolated thing, and it must be looked at in the context, and the context of this particular war, starting from february 2022 , such that there were already hundreds of blows, hits, damage to medical institutions, these are polyclinics, outpatient clinics, these are maternity homes, these are children's hospitals, and here... today a tragedy occurred, when the damaged one was partially

destroyed, in fact it is worth admitting that a partial hospital destroyed, here is a photo from those the videos that we're seeing, that's exactly the scale of the damage, and accordingly, today it's a continuation of a certain certain trend of russian missiles... russian shelling hitting the medical infrastructure of ukraine, and that's actually what you have to remember that maybe ukraine should inform its international partners, in particular nato countries. in addition, it is difficult to say whether there can be any connection between the summit and what happened today in ukraine. this massive shelling, but the fact that this topic will be discussed is that

that this is one more proof, and one more fact in favor of the fact that ukraine really needs permits for the use of long-range weapons on the territory of ukraine in order to prevent such massive attacks, in order to have more chances, opportunities, how to neutralize the military.. . infrastructure, locations where missiles are produced, as well as the launch sites of these missiles and the location of permanent or operational military aircraft, in particular, strategic bombers, but this is quite such a large, complex issue, since even if using telecoil weapons, not all of them can reach this very military infrastructure, but ukraine still raises this issue. because it is directly related to russia's ability to shell ukraine in this way and, in particular

, to hit or damage medical facilities with its shelling. jeanne and a very short question at the end, what is known about the victims as of now in kyiv in other cities, what are the updates? yes, first of all, any numbers are not final now, 23 people have been confirmed to have died in the ukrainian capital. but lifesaving work continues and in addition to what happened to ahmadit, it is also worth mentioning the partially destroyed residential building in the heart, and we do not know the final data about what happened there, how many people tried at home, thank you, zhanna bezpyachuk, bbc correspondent was on the air with us in kyiv, well, that's the end of our broadcast, i'm saying goodbye to you. until tomorrow, see you, see the map,

where almost all of ukraine, except for the west of kharkiv region and luhansk region, is red with anxiety. well, let us remind you that tomorrow on the 17th the un security council is to be held, which is convened on the demand of ukraine. france, slovenia, ecuador. the russian federation, of course, plans to deny that it was its missile that hit ukraine's largest children's hospital, okhmadyt. they are already working out the technique that it was ukrainian nasams, and ukraine committed this provocation in order to make a bad impression on nato, which is holding a summit in washington tomorrow, and it is possible in this way to somehow incite their colleagues and allies in

the alliance, well, invite us more thoroughly there. this is all a russian technique. uh, ours representatives, and officials, and the ministry of internal affairs, in particular , confirms and absolutely proves, together with all conscious and unconscious military experts, that the missile that flew, first of all, was not in any way affected by our air defense system, unfortunately , this is one of those missiles that our air... forces not only failed to hit, but it absolutely precisely achieved its goal. imagine, the target of russian terrorists is a children's hospital. the fact that the strike was planned, the fact that it was aimed specifically at ohmadit, i don't think there is any doubt in

anyone who just looks at what is happening, who analyzes the audiovisual materials that are already in... in the network, as far as the russian segment of the internet is concerned, they are very satisfied, moreover , some of them say that one more rocket would not have hurt, and this is how they react to photos of parents with children in the street near the bodies of the victims, it is just some kind of madness, but we thank you very much and once again admire the courage of the ukrainian people, people at performance of their direct duties. and today it is also ukrainian doctors, let's listen to the head of the oncology department okhmadita, she talked to our journalist, told what happened practically in the first seconds, the first minutes after the arrival of the rocket, the air alarm sounded, she started everyone,

since the department is difficult, everyone under infusions and it’s impossible to get everyone, we gradually began to pull them into... the corridor of those who were lying down, they didn’t know how to lower them, well, they wanted to lower them, everyone who was walking went downstairs with the nurses, we started lying down a little bit to take out into the corridors, and just as i was pulling the lying one out of the box, and there was just such a wave, and well, just simply luck, that nothing at all fell on the child, well, luckily, well, somehow , i don't know, it's a star. became that simple, well , in my department, all targets, all targets, everyone has already been evacuated, the minister of health, viktor lyashko, also gave his comment, he told what happened to okhmadit and how significant this blow is, let's listen to what

our entire hospital was damaged, we have five facilities, five facilities were damaged ohmaditu and one. children 's heart surgery center, all patients here are children who came for medical care, and these are children who came for unique medical care, because this is a national- scale clinic, and treatment and surgical interventions are performed here, which, unfortunately, are not performed almost nowhere else, or in some point institutions, so this is another manifestation of russian terrorism, well, when we actually see it, when we generally discuss the issue of the ppu. not air defense, when we start to respond to any russian ones at all narratives, well i'm quite skeptical about it because i apologize to whoever started the war with ukraine, the russian federation, who is launching missiles into ukraine, the russian federation, who is killing our people, the russian federation, when, so when someone talks about, that

whether the anti-aircraft defense was working correctly or not, the anti-aircraft defense, when, excuse me, 40 missiles are flying. actually works at the limit of its capabilities, just at the limit, if all types of missiles, daggers, iskanders, cruise missiles of various types are aimed at one point types, that is, we understand that russia commits terrorist crimes against our country, russia itself, every day, 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. every day kills our people, and they kill, not only putin kills, they kill russians, those russians who, as khrystyna said, were extremely happy today, you know when... today i looked at the segment of russian social networks in general, there is excitement, there is just a boom, there is pleasure, they got out of their swamp from

st. petersburg to magadan, from vladivostok to rostov, and they had a good start to monday, they are making these jokes with lights, they are making a class, they, they, they are alone. in front of one , they tell how it is necessary to hit ukrainian objects, how it is necessary to destroy ukrainian maternity hospitals, how it is necessary to destroy ukrainian children, how it is necessary to add a dagger once more to kyiv, you understand what a sick country, how sick they are deeply, imperialis, even it's not imperialist, it's perverted terrorists, which are all terrorists, who justify such... and rejoice, this simply shows that there is nothing to negotiate with russia, by the way, about the possible consequences of this particularly cynical

attack on the children's hospital and in another way, let's recall the medical facility, where also, if i'm not mistaken, there are seven people, this is firstly, secondly, there is also a maternity ward there, well that is , the consequences, whatever they may be, there are always two ways: someone will look at this and become even more angry and convert this person into some solutions, an average ukrainian is another donor, someone from the world leaders into another batch of powerful military support for our country , and of course i would like to to believe that the nato summit in washington will be able to achieve such a complete, completely unconscious. er, the invitation of our country to the alliance is one way, there is another way, look at it and understand that they are completely sick, they are completely perverted, and fight against

it, well, you can’t go on forever, maybe it’s worth paying back, buying back part of the ukrainian territories, and it is possible to comply with some of their demands, just so as not to screw up this sick person, and i am really very afraid. that someone, someone from the civilized world can have thoughts of that nature of the second option, what i and they are already talking about, here you are about reactions, i am not even about reactions, i am about viktor orban, who, by the way, i said, now i will find, in the next two or three months there will be more victims, than in the last six months, as orban announced in an interview with bilt. ukraine and russia rejected my proposal to first declare a truce and then start negotiations. my task is to focus on how to achieve peace.

you see, here is a dove of peace who promotes russian interests, a person who went to legitimize the terrorist putin, not only as the prime minister of hungary, but as, excuse me, the chairman in europe, as the state that presides today. really went to the european union to legitimize it, starts talking about a truce, but i apologize, but the truce will not be broken by russia, as it has been broken since 2014, how many times, how many times have truces been started, i remember russia was saying, it's 0:00 at night, we are not going to shoot, 0:01, they are shooting. this is about how much you can trust russia, and the fact that orbán trusts russia, well, here, you know, i don't i believe that this person is doing this from the bottom

of his heart, i absolutely understand that today, unfortunately, some countries, some leaders, some leading politicians in europe and not only in europe, but throughout the world have become a kind of putin's voice , became the same. the leader of russian narratives, and the most unpleasant thing that still strikes me is that now putin is meeting with the leaders of some large countries, where huge populations, who have huge economic potential are considered, who come to putin and are silent, they are silent about crimes , which makes the russian federation on the territory of ukraine, they actually legitimize putin today. in the eyes of the whole world, they show that somewhere there is a kind of civilized world, and somewhere there is a world that accepts putin, that is ready to come to him in moscow, that is ready

to receive... him in their country, that is ready to buy his oil, receive his bloody rubles, to supply him with some goods, some elements for armament, this is the greatest tragedy, this is what simply finishes, especially after such black days as today, when even on the same day the politicians of the great powers are ready to meet with putin and are not ready to speak to him even at this meeting, dear, what are you doing, what, what can we talk about with you further, nevertheless, if we talk about the reaction of the civilized world to everything , what is happening, we must pay tribute to almost all authoritative media, of any nature, all of them are on the front pages, or near the front pages, but they have exactly a blow to ohmadit, as regards the reaction of the leaders of the... european

states: poland, we know, the president today volodymyr zelensky of ukraine met with donald tusk, framework documents and agreements were signed. tusk emphasizes that the attack on the hospital is terrible on the part of the russians, while emphasizing that ukraine needs the support of the entire civilized world in the fight. great britain, which recently was also in an active electoral process, and thank god, even here, conservatives, labor, it doesn't matter in the context. support of our state, let us remind you that both of these forces express their support for ukraine, for providing us with all the necessary assistance, prime minister velika britain's kier starmer emphasizes that the attack on children is the most terrible act, the head of the british government says that london will continue to support our country. peter pavel, czech republic, the president of this country, and the author of a rather important one, i would even say. at one

point of the life-saving initiative on ammunition for us, emphasized that the attack on the most vulnerable cannot be forgiven, the mass attack on july 8 shows that the russians will stop at nothing, so the czech leader expects a consensus at the nato summit in washington about how much russia is a threat to the civilized world. well, let's remind you that petr pavel is a person who knows how the north atlantic alliance works, because he held the relevant positions in estonia, the prime minister of estonia, kaia kalas, condemns the russian attack, shocking footage of a russian missile hitting ahmadyt hospital. the largest children's hospital in ukraine, is a reminder of why we must support ukraine and why outright russian war criminals must be brought to justice. moldova too did not remain silent, here is sanda, who emphasizes that the ohmadit hospital saved thousands of lives, but the russians decided to turn it into... a ruin,

ambassadors and heads of foreign affairs of various countries are speaking out, and we really hope that this support and understanding of what's next it simply cannot continue, it will translate into something, at least something, let's not be too optimistic, but we would like a realistic answer to what happened today and will actually continue to happen in washington tomorrow. i wish there there, there were important things said, in fact, important, maybe some will change, will change the situation in our favor. according to the latest data, 27 people, including three children, have died, and this is only in kyiv. this is an update from the kyiv city military administration, 82 people were wounded, and i remind you that 11 more people in dnipropetrovsk oblast will die.