Zaporizhzhia strike kills newborn baby at Ukraine hospital
Source: BBC World News
Zaporizhzhia strike kills newborn baby at Ukraine hospital
BBC News
Published 38 minutes ago 11/23/22 7:50 am est
A newborn baby has been killed in a Russian missile strike on a maternity unit in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, emergency services say.
The baby's mother, who was the only woman in the facility at the time, and a doctor were rescued from the rubble.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of bringing "terror and murder" to his country.
Ukrainian emergency services said the Russian missiles struck the maternity ward of a hospital in the Ukraine-held town of Vilnyansk, close to the frontline, overnight.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63727260
Lovie777
(23,738 posts)and like the RWers here in the US, Russia will gaslight and of course put blame somewhere else.
IronLionZion
(51,551 posts)for putting the maternity unit in the way of their missiles
electric_blue68
(27,311 posts)Botany
(77,862 posts)... outside of the country. Bring on the top of the line attack jets from Sweden and hit those
bases because the Russian troops inside Ukraine including Crimea are all going to be killed,
surrendered to the UA, or driven back to Russia.
nycbos
(6,729 posts)Some of them are right here.
BeyondGeography
(41,198 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,336 posts)keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)While Tucker and MTG praise Russia.
Bayard
(30,274 posts)The maternity ward was collateral damage.
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