Overnight, a Russian missile attack claimed three lives including a child in the mining town of Selydove, 40km (25 miles) west of Avdiivka. Officials said four missiles had hit the local hospital and maternity ward, as well as nine blocks of flats.
Several other residents were wounded, including a baby.
The occupiers attacked the hospital at around 01:00. The maternity ward suffered the brunt of the attack. There were almost 200 people in the hospital at the time, and dozens of patients were in serious condition. They were evacuated to other medical facilities in the oblast.
Search and rescue workers managed to save a 6-month-old baby. Six people, including a child, were injured. The bodies of three people, including a 9-year-old child, were recovered from the rubble."
Veronika Bakhal, spokesperson for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast, said that there were about 149 patients inside the hospital at the time of the missile strike. According to early reports, search and rescue operations have been completed.
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The people of Ukraine want to be one with the West. And therefore, they are putting everything they can into this fight, bravely and defiantly risking life and limb in a fight for their culture, their traditions, their language, their history, their way of life, their very being and existence. The civilized world cannot stand idly by and watch Putin just help himself to additional territory because he has delusions that he is the rein...
@MurkyMongooseRepublican2yrs2Y
There’s no need to reference Ronald Reagan, better to ask what would any civilized, decent human being do. If your going to commit to supporting the people of Ukraine with this despicable invasion of their homeland then for Christ sacks give them the weapons they need to win this war. If anything epitomizes the ineptitude of our government it’s the way we’ve funded this war. We’ve simply conditioned ourselves not to win wars.
@PollingJasmineDemocrat2yrs2Y
The results of a Russian bombing on a hospital in Selydove, Ukraine. Any world outrage? Any human rights organizations standing against it? Any words from the International Court of Justice in The Hague? UN Security Council?
@C0ngressAudreyGreen2yrs2Y
Real people die and people become poor due to regime change specialists at the State department and CIA who think people , cultures and countries are like pawns on a chess board. When will anyone at State Department be held accountable for countless experiments throughout the world that has yielded nothing but wars and trillions of debt. Sure the members of congress, defense industry and permanent Washington is doing extremely well.
Enough with wars we are not ready to fight and win. If the President wants to fight a war go to Congress and get them to declare it.
Then be willing to give up buying "butter" to purchase "guns" and increase taxes on ALL to pay for it. Then bring back the draft lottery, no deadbeats like Joe Biden.
Those are the wars we should get involved with.
Close the borders to all illegal entry, automatic deportation and 10 year ban to reentry.
@9JY2QL62yrs2Y
Many countries should work together to stop Russia from destroying smaller countries such as Ukraine.
@9JY26KM2yrs2Y
I think that Russia is overstepping their bounds and the war in ukraine is a devastating war crime. Unfortunately I also think we must be very discreet in any aid as to not prompt military outbreak even further
@9JXBYRD2yrs2Y
It is very important and horrible because this could be considered a war crime.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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