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Monday would be very different, with at least 22 people killed in the capital alone and another 14 victims elsewhere in Ukraine, along with
indicating the gravity of the situation.Those still on the streets dashed to the nearest shelter, realizing the severity of the threat
people huddled on the ground, waiting for the attack to end
civilians and emergency workers began digging through the rubble, desperately attempting to rescue doctors and children trapped beneath the
debris.Valentina, a Ukrainian doctor, was operating on a young girl when the first explosion hit
her team managed to complete the surgery and evacuate to safety before the second blast hit
Her patient survived both the surgery and the trauma.The intensive care unit bore the brunt of the blast
As smoke poured from the remnants of the roof, dozens of volunteers formed a human chain, passing along bricks, debris and broken furniture
drinking bottled water provided by volunteers
Medics struggled through the chaos to attend to the injured, while many volunteers closer to the blast site suffered from smoke
inhalation.Dinara, a volunteer in her mid-20s shoveling debris, said that although she did not know anyone at the hospital, she left her job
explaining her compulsion to help.Volunteers flooded the area from all directions, carrying water bottles, first aid supplies and food
Some arrived with cars full of items they had just purchased from local supermarkets
Two teenage boys hauled a shopping cart full of water bottles down the stairs
Beyond the hospital compound, hundreds more rushed toward the hospital with essential supplies.Emergency workers at the blast site worked
Hospital staff, some smoking and others crying, stood in shock
One woman sat on the ground, her face in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably.When another air raid siren blared just before 1:00 p.m.,
emergency crews started evacuating volunteers, medical staff and the press, fearing a second strike aimed at those on-site
Although two more outgoing air defense rockets were heard, a second strike did not occur.As the death toll emerged, it became clear that the
attack on Okhmatdyt was one of the deadliest assaults on Kyiv since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022
an end to Russian air strikes
Only together can we achieve true peace and security," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel.Moscow,
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