Ukrainian authorities say a Russian airstrike has landed a direct hit on a maternity hospital in the city of Mariupol, burying women and children under the rubble, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Video from inside the hospital was tweeted by Ukrainian President Zelensky along with a plea for a no-fly zone.
The Washington Post writes:
In a post on Telegram, the Mariupol city council wrote Russian forces “dropped several bombs on the children’s hospital. The destruction is colossal.”
The council wrote that “until recently, children were treated” at the building.
Zelensky and other local officials shared videos on social media showing images of a facility with shattered windows and blown-out walls.
Videos shared on social media and verified by The Washington Post show damage to a children and women’s clinic, in the center of Mariupol. People were seen injured leaving the facility, windows were blown out and medical gear destroyed.
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it had confirmed 18 attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine.
