[9][10] In Kyiv, strikes damaged residential buildings and infrastructure, notably including the Okhmatdyt children's hospital, the country's largest, which killed two adults.

The Security Service of Ukraine defined Russia's attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital as a war crime and initiated criminal proceedings into the matter.

[15] The community of analysts Molfar claimed that the attack on Okhmatdyt was carried out by pilots and maintenance personnel of the Engels-2 airbase in Saratov Oblast.

[3] In Kryvyi Rih, 10 people were killed[4] and 53 more were injured[7] after a Russian missile strike hit an administrative building at a coal processing plant.

Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak stated that calls for an "immediate ceasefire" by Hungary and China only pushes further Russian aggression by spreading a "false feeling" that "the aggressor has the right to kill because he speaks of ‘peace’, and the victim should not defend himself".

[32] On her Wimbledon Championships match against Wang Xinyu on 8 July, tennis player Elina Svitolina wore a black ribbon on her sporting gear in memory of the victims of the strikes.

[33] Alla Nesolionova, a doctor at the cardiology center at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital, stated "The only thing I want is for this to be back to them a million times worse.

Foreign Minister of Italy Antonio Tajani condemned the attacks and asserted the Italian government's commitment to defending Ukraine's sovereignty.

[40] US President Joe Biden referred to the attacks as "a horrific reminder of Russia's brutality" and called on the international community to stand with Ukraine and to not disregard Russian acts of aggression.

He also stated that his government and NATO would announce more programs to grant aid and support to Ukraine, including increasing their air defense capabilities.

"[43] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told reporters while seated alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin that "any person who believes in humanity is troubled when there are deaths, especially when innocent children die.

The two embraced as Modi climbed out of his car; this act was criticized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it happened on the same day that Russian missiles struck a children's hospital in Kyiv.

Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Cristina Gherasimov visited the hospital to pay tribute to the victims, condemning the strike and calling for war crimes to be judged.