The municipality of Marioupol, a city in southeast of Ukraine besieged by Russian forces, accused Russia on Wednesday, March 9, of destroying a children’s hospital by air strikes.
“Russian occupation forces have dropped several bombs on the children’s hospital. The destruction is colossal, “said the municipality in a message posted on the Internet, information.
According to a first assessment presented by the local authorities, 17 injured, including children was recorded.
This Thursday, March 10, 2022, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky described as “war crime” the bombardment, of this pediatric hospital in the strategic city of Marioupol, south-east of Ukraine.
“What kind of country, Russia, is afraid of hospitals and maternities and destroys them?” “, Proclaimed the Ukrainian president, denouncing the” atrocities “inflicted in Marioupol, submitted for a week to a Russian seat which, according to the town hall, would have caused the death of 1,207 civilians in the city.