Kremlin says Kiev children's hospital was hit by anti-missile fire, not by Russia
The Kremlin says that Ukrainian anti-missile fire, not Russia, had hit a children's hospital in Kiev on Monday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov provided no evidence to support the assertion, but told reporters, "I insist, we do not conduct strikes on civilian targets."
Ukrainian authorities claim Russia struck the main children's hospital in Kiev with a missile on Monday and rained missiles on other cities across Ukraine, killing at least 41 civilians in the deadliest wave of airstrikes for months.
The Ukrainian Security Service has said a Russian Kh-101 Kalibr missile struck the hospital and that evidence of this was recovered at the site - in particular, fragments of the rear part of the missile with a serial number, and a part of the guidance system.
Peskov, at his daily briefing, responded to the allegation.
"I urge you to be guided by the statements of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which absolutely excludes that there were attacks on civilian targets and which states that we are talking about a falling anti-missile system," he said.
"We continue to insist that we do not attack civilian targets. Strikes are carried out against critical infrastructure facilities, against military targets that are in one way or another related to the military potential of the regime."
(Source: Reuters)
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