/ 10 March 2022

Russia strikes children’s hospital in Ukraine

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

There’s more grim news from the war in Ukraine this morning with a hospital in the southern city of Mariupol the latest to be struck by Russian bombs, leaving people dead and children buried under the rubble. The city’s deputy mayor told the BBC “we don’t understand how it is possible in modern life to bomb a children’s hospital”. The casualty figures are not yet known. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted a video of the wreckage with a caption that read “atrocity! How much longer will the world be an accomplice ignoring terrors?” British PM Boris Johnson said “few things are more depraved than targeting the vulnerable and defenceless” and said he was exploring “more support” for Ukraine to defend against airstrikes.  Earlier, Ukraine and Russia agreed to hold a 12-hour ceasefire in 6 cities, but the continued shelling in Mariupol stopped many from leaving. Locals say the city is running short on food, water and power.

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