The Security Service of Ukraine and the Office of the Prosecutor General have identified the Russian general who commanded the missile attack on the building of the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital on July 8.

The press service of the Security Service of Ukraine reported on this.

He turned out to be Lieutenant General Sergey Kobylash, who at that time served as the commander of the long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Later, after the strike, he was reportedly promoted and appointed commander of the Russian Air Force.

“During the investigation, the SSU, together with the Prosecutor General’s Office, did a tremendous job. We questioned 112 victims and 50 witnesses, conducted explosive, forensic, and other examinations, and analyzed video from CCTV cameras,” SSU Deputy Head Serhii Naumiuk reported.

According to the investigation, on July 8, 2024, at 9.15 am, a Russian Tu-95MS bomber launched an Kh-101 missile at a children’s hospital in Kyiv.

According to the Deputy Head of the SSU, the attack on the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital was carried out by the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

It has been established that the Russian aircraft took off from an airfield near the Russian city of Olenegorsk and launched a missile over the Saratov region, almost 600 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

From the territory of Russia, the Kh-101 entered the airspace of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region and began to maneuver, constantly changing its flight path, through the territories of four regions.

This suggests that the missile was programmed to avoid Ukrainian air defense and then hit the medical facility.

At approximately 10:45 a.m., a Russian Kh-101 hit the intensive care unit for acute and chronic intoxication at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital.

The shelling killed 2 people, including a pediatric nephrologist. Another 35 people were wounded, including 9 children.

The shelling also damaged administrative buildings, medical, laboratory and diagnostic buildings, a transformer substation, utility rooms, and a heating station at the medical center.

At the scene, law enforcement officers found the remains of the Russian missile with markings indicating that it was manufactured at the Russian Raduga Design Bureau in the second quarter of 2024.

Based on the evidence collected, the SSU investigators served Kobylash a notice of suspicion in absentia under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder committed by a group of persons).

“Kobylash is currently a suspect in other war crimes in Ukraine. In particular, he was responsible for the shelling of civilian energy infrastructure in 2022-2023. In March 2024, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Kobylash for these war crimes,” Naumiuk emphasized.

Since the offender is in Russia, comprehensive measures are underway to bring him to justice for crimes against our country.