Ukrainian authorities stated that Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, was responsible for the July 2024 missile strike on the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv, which killed two people.
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Ukraine considers him responsible for the missile strike that hit the children’s hospital Okhmatdyt in Kyiv on July 8, 2024... Two people died in that strike.
In Kyiv, seven people were killed and 11 injured from the Russian missile strike.
Twenty-seven people were killed in Kyiv alone, including four children
20 people died in Kyiv and 61 were injured, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs
33 people killed, including 5 children. 121 injured, including 10 children aged 2 to 17.
The death toll in Kyiv from the July 8 missile attack rose to 33 killed, including 4 children, and 120 injured, including 10 children.
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