Russian airstrike destroys a maternity hospital in Ukraine !

• 17 injured
• Many people trapped under the rubble

Lviv (Ukraine) – Russia bombed a maternity hospital in the south-eastern city of Mariupol. Many newborns and their mothers were being treated there. The attack has severely damaged the maternity hospital. 17 people were injured, while several women and children were trapped under the rubble. Russia had previously vowed not to target civilian areas; however, Ukraine has accused Russia of not following it. Al Jazeera reports that Russia has bombed two hospitals in the city west of the capital Kyiv as well as Mariupol.

A Russian air strike on a children’s hospital in Mariupol has injured 17 people according to preliminary figures, says local official.

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— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 9, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also posted a video of the attack, calling it an ‘atrocity’.

Mariupol. Direct strike of Russian troops at the maternity hospital. People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity! How much longer will the world be an accomplice ignoring terror? Close the sky right now! Stop the killings! You have power but you seem to be losing humanity. pic.twitter.com/FoaNdbKH5k

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 9, 2022