Serhiivka missile strike
July 2022 missile attack in Ukraine
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On 1 July 2022, at 01:00 am (UTC+3), a Russian missile hit a residential building and two missiles hit a recreational center in Serhiivka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast.[2][3] The missile strike killed at least 21 people (including a 12-year-old boy).[2] July 2 was declared a day of mourning in the region.
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Serhiivka, Serhiivka settlement hromada, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
| Serhiivka missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
The residential building after the strike | |
| Location | 46.0234359°N 30.3569191°E Serhiivka, Serhiivka settlement hromada, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine |
| Date | 1 July 2022 01:00 AM[1] (UTC+3) |
| Target | Residential building and recreation facility |
Attack type | Missile strike |
| Deaths | 21 (including 1 child)[2] |
| Injured | 38 (including 6 children)[2] |
| Perpetrators |  Russian Air Force |
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Course of events
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According to preliminary information, three Tu-22M3 aircraft of the Russian Air Force flew from Volgograd Oblast to Crimea,[4] and after 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) fired three Kh-22s, supersonic anti-ship missiles designed for use against aircraft carriers, in the direction of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district to the resort Serhiivka village.
One missile hit a 9-story residential building, completely destroying one section.[5] The fire spread from the apartment building to the attached store.
The second missile hit a recreation center in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi region. The fire did not start at the recreation center.[citation needed]
As a result of these strikes, a rehabilitation center for children administered by Moldova in the village was hit. One of its workers died and five others were injured.[6]
Victims
Reactions
2 July was declared a day of mourning in the region.[7] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova condemned the attack and gave information about the damages the Moldovan rehabilitation center had suffered.[6] Romania also condemned the attack, and said that the Romanian authorities would be in contact with its Moldovan partners.[8]
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accused Russia of having committed "an act of conscious, deliberately targeted Russian terror – and not some kind of mistake."[9] He noted that as in the recent Kremenchuk shopping mall attack, the Russian army used unnecessarily powerful weapons to strike a civilian object: "These missiles, Kh-22, were designed to destroy aircraft carriers and other large warships, and the Russian army used them against an ordinary nine-story building with ordinary civilian people."[10][11]
Official representative of Germany Steffen Hebestreit described the missile strike as an "inhumane and cynical" war crime.[12]
A spokesman of the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov, denied that Russia was attacking civilian objects in Ukraine and said that the targeted buildings were used for military purposes.[10][11] Amnesty International visited the locations and studied satellite imagery, finding no evidence that the targeted buildings were used by the military.[10][13]
