As Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital is hit, anger towards Russia rages

Moscow denies targeting the civilian site as its forces bombard cities across the country, killing more than 30 people.

Kyiv, Ukraine – Earth-shattering blasts shook Oleksandra’s apartment building on Monday morning, sending dagger-like shards of glass flying around.

Hours later, she is still shaking, but it is not the damage to her two-bedroom apartment that shocked her.

“We can always have the windows replaced,” she told Al Jazeera, clutching a cigarette and sitting next to her elderly father on a bench near the building in central Kyiv.

It was the damage done to Okhmatdyt, Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, a sprawling complex that is just metres away from her apartment.

Thousands of children, including those with cancer, undergo treatment at the hospital every year.