Maternity hospital in Ukraine’s Mariupol hit by Russian shelling
March 10, 2022, 7:04 am

Maternity hospital in Ukraine’s Mariupol hit by Russian shelling

Putin's killer missiles targeted a maternity hospital, killing and wounding hundreds of innocent. Russia is bombing this Ukrainian city out of existence! (File photo and text: Euromaidan Press)

The We For News reported that Ukraine has said that Russian forces surrounding the southern port city of Mariupol have destroyed a maternity hospital.

The BBC reported that President Volodymyr Zelensky said children were under the wreckage, and called on Western leaders to impose a no-fly zone. He also posted footage apparently from inside the hospital, which appears badly damaged.

There is no information yet on casualties, or on who was inside the hospital at the time.

The We For News mentioned, the Mariupol city council said the strike had caused “colossal damage”, and published footage showing burned out buildings, destroyed cars and a huge crater outside the hospital.

It added that Mariupol has been surrounded by Russian forces for several days, and repeated attempts at a ceasefire to allow civilians to leave have broken down.

Olena Stokoz of Ukraine’s Red Cross told the BBC: “The whole city remains without electricity, water, food, whatever and people are dying because of dehydration.” She added that her organisation would continue trying to organise an evacuation corridor.

Earlier Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said “almost 3,000 newborn babies lack medicine and food” in Mariupol, and that Russia continued to hold more than 400,000 people “hostage”.

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Source: wefornews

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