Maternity hospital bombed in Ukraine

Maternity hospital bombed in Ukraine

Ukrainian emergency workers carry an injured pregnant woman outside of a bombed maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 9.Evgeniy Maloletka/APPhotographs by Evgeniy MaloletkaUpdated 2156 GMT (0556 HKT) March 9, 2022Ukrainian emergency workers carry an injured pregnant woman outside of a bombed maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 9.Evgeniy Maloletka/APRussian forces bombed a maternity and children’s hospital Wednesday in Mariupol, Ukraine, city authorities said.The reported attack came despite Russia agreeing to a 12-hour pause in hostilities to allow refugees to evacuate a number of towns and cities.”The destruction is enormous,” the Mariupol city council said. “The building of the medical facility where the children were treated recently is completely destroyed.”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack an “atrocity.”

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