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Destruction of hospital in Mariupol, 9 March 2022

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Mariupol: Key moments in the siege of the city
2022.05.18.
The evacuation of Ukrainian troops from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, after two months inside, is the latest setback in Ukraine's efforts to defend the port city.
Mariupol, in south-east Ukraine, has been encircled since the start of March and is now mostly under the control of Kremlin forces.
Control of Mariupol would give Russia a land bridge to Crimea and full control of the Sea of Azov, cutting off Ukraine's maritime trade. It would also deliver a propaganda coup for Vladimir Putin.
However, the process of capturing the city has been slow and bloody. ..
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9 March: Maternity hospital hit

Destruction of hospital in Mariupol, 9 March 2022

It was a sight that shocked the world - a maternity and children's hospital, hit by a Russian air strike.
Initial reports said three people - including a child - had been killed. Later, a woman photographed in the wake of the attack on a stretcher died along with her baby. At least 16 others, including both staff and patients, were injured, according to local officials.

There was widespread revulsion in the wake of the attack. President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a war crime: "What kind of a country is Russia, that it is afraid of hospitals and maternity wards and destroys them?" he asked.

The image of heavily-pregnant Marianna Vyshemirsky, her face smeared with blood, as she stepped over rubble down a flight of stairs was also widely shared. The Russian embassy in the UK tweeted a conspiracy theory that Ms Vyshemirsky was an actress and the aftermath of the attack had been staged. But the BBC's disinformation team found evidence contradicting these unfounded claims and eventually spoke to Ms Vyshemirsky herself, after she had given birth to a daughter.

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