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17 injured as Russian airstrike hits maternity hospital

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A maternity and children’s hospital in the key Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where more than 400,000 people are stranded have been hit by a Russian airstrike, Ukraine says.

Seventeen people were wounded in the attack, including women in labour, said regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a video of what he described as the “direct strike of Russian troops” on the maternity hospital in Mariupol on Wednesday March 9.

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“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.” Zelenskyy tweeted

A regional official told Ukrainian media that at least 17 people were injured, including staff and patients.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional administration which includes the port city of Mariupol, said no deaths had been confirmed, and there were no confirmed injuries amongst children. He said the attack happened during an agreed ceasefire with the Russian side, according to Interfax Ukraine.

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. The BBC has verified the location of the videos.

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