Russian strikes killed a newborn baby at a Ukrainian maternity ward and two other civilians elsewhere, officials said Wednesday as President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of “terror and murder”. LEGIT reports.Information Guide Nigeria
Ukrainian emergency services said Russian rockets smashed into a building overnight in Vilniansk, part of the southern Zaporizhzhia region, in the latest attack to damage medical facilities since the war began nine months ago.
They distributed video of emergency service workers trying to free a man trapped waist-deep in the rubble of what appeared to be the destroyed maternity ward.NYSC portal
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“As a result of a rocket attack on the territory of the local hospital, the two-story building of the maternity ward was destroyed,” they said in a statement.JAMB portal
There was “a woman with a newborn baby as well as a doctor” inside the building at the time, they added.
The baby died while the woman and doctor were rescued from the rubble, rescuers said. According to preliminary information, nobody else trapped under the debris, they added.JAMB Result
Russian strikes have several times hit Ukrainian hospitals since Russia invaded the country on February 24, including in the port city of Mariupol, which endured a harsh siege for several weeks before coming under Moscow’s control.
