Ukraine’s military intelligence service (HUR) has identified Russian Armed Forces Major Denis Alekseyevich Sheynov as one of the officers responsible for last year’s missile strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital. Sheynov heads the special engineering service of the 121st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, part of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, and was allegedly in charge of preparing the Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles used in the attack. The 8 July 2024 strike killed two adults and injured at least 34 others, including seven children, while 627 patients were receiving treatment at the facility. Five hospital buildings—among them the intensive-care and toxicology units—were destroyed. The attack drew wide international condemnation for targeting Ukraine’s largest paediatric hospital. Ukrainian prosecutors had earlier charged Lieutenant General Sergey Kobylash, commander of Russia’s long-range aviation, with ordering the strike. HUR said it is gathering evidence to bring additional charges against Sheynov and other participants, and called on allies to expand sanctions. The agency also reported that more than 70 companies involved in producing components for the Kh-101 missile remain outside current sanctions regimes.
One year ago, Russia bombed Okhmatdyt — Ukraine’s largest children's hospital On the anniversary of the attack, Ukrainian intelligence has released the identity of one of the men involved in this war crime. He is Major Denis Alekseyevich Sheynov, head of the special engineering https://t.co/kAjzdkUvy0
One year ago, Russia struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, Okhmatdyt, in one of its worst war crimes. https://t.co/KIG5GS3kXf
A year ago, on July 8, 2024, Russia launched one of its most devastating missile strikes against children. It deliberately hit the Ohmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital – the largest pediatric hospital in Ukraine. In broad daylight, a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile https://t.co/D7VIkxPy6c