Russia says Ukraine bombed its own children’s hospital. Here’s what we know about the missile
join by France 24’s via beel who’s been looking into some disinformation surrounding Russian air strikes in Ukraine which from what I understand Moscow is pinning on keev that’s right Peter uh in the Ukrainian capital of ke the okade Children’s Hospital has been hit uh by uh an air strike this week and that triggered International condemnation now Russia has vehemently denied any involvement uh in that air strike it says that it does not uh Target civilians and in fact in fact accused Ukrainian air defense missile systems of being behind that strike and this is a claim that has been repeatedly shared by users on social media and actually gained quite a considerable amount of traction Now by far the most vocal of those voices is Jackson Hinkle the far-right uh American internet commentator um and with 6 and a half million views and counting on his post uh he says uh he backs that claim that not just um uh was it Ukraine that fired that that that missile at the hospital but it was also an American Patriot air defense missile uh that that that was the missile in question now he also shared uh this video uh of a missile striking a building what I will say about this video is it was by far uh the most viral when talking about this event on on social media if not an extract of this video or a version of this video but this was by far the one that uh social media users were sharing the most when talking about uh the strike on the children’s hospital now if we have a look at another um Pro Russian account who also made that same claim this user also shared that same video by Jackson Hinkle as well as other images as well and according to this user um that footage is actually the proof that this air strike couldn’t have been carried out by Moscow um because they argue that the missile in the video lacks the distinctive wings of the Russian KH 101 missile and this is uh something that Russia has actually backed it’s this version of events on its official telegram account uh saying that the footage from the from from the air strike in ke is is proof that Ukraine used its own air missile systems its defense systems to bomb the adeit Children’s Hospital Peter all right Vio so there’s been a lot of accusations flying around about which country that missile belonged to lots of people online getting involved is there any way we can decipher any more clues from the footage well what I will say is that the UN the head of the UN Human Rights monitoring Mission did assess the site and according to their analysis there is a high likelihood that the hospital was directly struck um by uh a Russian strike instead of being hit by Ukrainian defense systems but in terms of what we have been able to analyze what I can tell you is that that video we saw that viral video uh supposedly showing the strike on the Children’s Hospital that video is indeed uh the strike that that that hit the children’s hospital and that can be confirmed via geolocation software we can see in a frame from our viral video there alongside aial images that the same markers are present including that glass building that was directly in front of the Children’s Hospital masking that strike in the video now ke the Ukrainian authorities have also shared images on their social channels uh and their telegram showing the aftermath of of the strike on the hospital they also shared this image of shrapnel from the missile afterwards and they say that the shrapnel has a serial number that directly identifies it as a Russian KH 101 missile uh there’s also analysis done by deut Chella that has side by-side comparison of uh one of the Ukrainian images of the shrapnel with a press agency image and we can indeed see that there are some physical markers uh that do correspond in this side by side uh comparison as well now in terms of that video that we saw that viral video um of uh of the the strike on the hospital that I was able to track down the person that filmed the video and actually shared it and this same user in fact did a uh slow motion capture of their own footage that allows us to see the missile actually quite a lot closer so let me blow that up bigger for you now I’m not an expert by any means but we can see in this image that there are wings in the in the center of the missile’s body and that there is a bulge for a lack of technical word at the back uh end of the missile and if we go back to those claims by Jackson Hinkle that it is a an American Patriot missile if we look at a side by-side comparison from our video taken uh and the American Patriot missiles they actually is not any physical resemblance there is no uh wings or bulge at the back in the American Patriots um if we compare that to an image of the Russian KH 101 missiles there are more physical similarities the KH 101 does have wings in the center and that bulge sorry for a lack of better better weather at the back visible now um experts in this field so people that specialize in Miss in missile technology like Fabian Hoffman from uh Oslo University um he also says that all signs uh points to moscow’s KH 101 in terms of that video and that missile that we’ve seen there um but that Peter that that is what we know about about this missile strike for the moment thanks a lot via and thank you to all those amateur missile spotters out there on the internet that’s via beel with truth or thick
Russian air strikes across Ukraine this week led to a national day of mourning, but Moscow blames Ukrainian air defence systems for the strike that hit a children’s cancer hospital in the capital. This gained traction on social media, including claims that the missile fired by the Ukrainians was an American “Patriot” missile. In this episode of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl took a closer look at what we know about the missile itself.
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22 comments
That is not the effect of 400 Kg of explosive. This is a fact.
You missing main proof
Russian x-101 go down vertical
Where the missile hit hospital went at 45°
Remember, the ukranian lies, at Booka, at the start, of Special operation??? The missile that, is Ukraine and that comfirm the leader, of topik community, at the first time, with many, words against Zelinski!!!
Don't know what Hinkle said, but as far as I heard Russians did not blame Patriot but NASAMS missile which is closer in design to the massively blurred image that was shown.. By the way, did you fact check the source of the shrapnel images provided by Ukraine, and the fact that they conveniently found a "serial number"? Anyway, whatever caused it, is a tragedy, but do note that the actual target was a military factory complex less than 2km away. Who should be blamed for that part?
The missile that hit the train station in Krematorsk and killed civilians was also blamed on Russia but came out to be Ukrainian. This is not the fog of war but blatant lying and coverups. Obviously, without proper training, Ukrainians can hit their own targets.
Julian assage is the best periodist of the world
All lies
This woman is nothing but a snake I saw the all video so where is the rest of the missile I saw flying from the opposite the missile that struck the hospital.
A journalist who is trying to convince stupids and ignorants
The megabig scrolling screen is ridiculous 😂
As here in the usa say casualties of war nothing to see lets move on.
Ukraine take note:
The Indian American war started this way. Foreigners moved in on an existing society. The foreigners wrecked the natural livestock native to the areas as well. The natural livestock brought the region peace and then they were both gone.
Napkin note: Nato is in influencing for resources. Modern imperialism.
Cali Cush, 102 degrees in Texas.
Nato brings prejudice and negative changes to region that they don’t know. Foreigners! Putin can 👁️ right through the lies of the four eyed white man running Nato.
a cruise missile hit a building and took just part of it and the nearest building had — no damage? come on. that is not a missile made to destroy a building. an artelerie she can do more than that.
Most of the people failed to understand the Russia's KH-101 missile impact. If the hospital was strike by KH -101 missile the entire hospital would be turned into complete rubbles and killed most of the patients inside & outside of hospital. Western medias are misguiding the peoples to shift blame on Russia but in reality it was their supplied AD missile struck the hospital.
The rocket came from a different direction and is obviously a Ukrainian missile
They said patriot Air defense systems do intercepts the Russian kinzal,then what went wrong that night?
Ukraine try everything to get support from nato. Dumb ukraine dont understand its nato vs russia on ukraine land. Testing each others weapons
its Ukraine Air defense that hits the hospital, not the Russians
its very clear on the video
In 1991, the Serbs said that the Croats themselves set car tires on fire in Dubrovnik, and they constantly shelled it from the surrounding hills and the sea with thousands of shells. Also Vukovar, Gospić, Zadar and other Croatian cities.
These are the same eastern barbarian hordes of evil.
Thank you. Very informative and details we all want to know. Please keep unpicking this situation! We want to know exactly who did this.
And the western media lap it up 🙁
Everyone in the west with a brain knows how corrupt Ukraine is and what they are capable of doing to keep the west in their pocket.