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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Ukraine: Two-day-old baby ‘killed in Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia maternity ward’

via REUTERS

A two-day-old baby boy has been killed after a Russian missile struck a hospital in southern Ukraine, the region’s governor has said.

The artillery fire hit a maternity ward in the city of Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Oleksandr Starukh posted on Telegram.

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