The head of the U.N. human rights monitoring mission says the lethal strike on a children’s hospital in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was likely caused by a direct hit from a Russian missile.
Head of the mission, Danielle Bell, says analysis of the video footage and an assessment made at the incident site indicate a high likelihood that the hospital was not damaged due to an intercepted weapon system.
She was speaking Tuesday at a press briefing in Geneva via video link from Kyiv.
The strike in broad daylight was part of a series of attacks that killed at least 41 people across Ukraine, including children.
The UN has condemned the strikes, calling them particularly shocking.
The Kremlin said it was Ukrainian anti-missile fire, not Russia, that struck the hospital.
