Vladimir Putin unleashed fresh hell on Ukrainian civilians on Thursday, targeting helpless mothers and babies by bombing a maternity hospital.
The attack “literally destroyed” the maternity hospital in the centre of the city, which also included a paediatric unit, Kyrylenko said.
The air strike occurred during what was supposed to be a regional ceasefire in the already “apocalyptic’’ city to allow safe evacuations of thousands of innocent residents. Zelensky condemned the attack as an “atrocity” and called again for a no-fly zone to be imposed over the country. NATO has refused to do this.
Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich told Ukrainian television “the strike on the maternity hospital in Mariupol was “just for starters”, warning “a completely different war is about to start”.
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