As Russian forces extended their siege on Ukrainian cities, an airstrike on a maternity facility in the coastal city of Mariupol injured women waiting to give birth and buried children in the rubble. Two hospitals in a city west of Kyiv were also bombed.
At least 17 people were injured in the attack on a medical complex in Mariupol, according to Ukrainian officials.
When the sequence of bombs hit, the ground shook for more than a mile. Explosions blew out windows and tore the front of one structure apart. Police and troops rushed to the site to help casualties, carrying a bleeding woman on a stretcher past flaming and wrecked vehicles. Another mother sobbed as she hugged her child in her arms. A explosive hole in the courtyard was at least two floors deep.
Since the Russian invasion began two weeks ago, the World Health Organization has confirmed 18 strikes on medical facilities.
