A baby killed in a Russian attack on a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia

A Russian attack on a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhyain the south of the country, has caused the death of a newborn baby, the head of the Regional State Administration, Oleksandr Starukh, reported on Wednesday.

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“At night, the occupiers fired huge missiles at a small maternity ward at the Vilnyansk hospital. Sorrow fills our hearts: a newborn baby died.” says the Starukh statement, released by local agencies.

Emergency and rescue teams are currently working at the scene of the attack to try to find other possible victims. Other sources indicate that after the incident a mother admitted to the center could be rescued, something that has not been confirmed by the authorities.

The air raid alert was launched in the region at 02:07 local time last morning (00.07 GMT), for which local authorities urged citizens to take refuge immediately.

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Zaporizhzhia is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russia has recently annexed along with neighboring Kherson and Lugansk and Donetsk, the latter in the east of the country, although Moscow does not fully control any of them.

The largest atomic power plant in Europe is located in Zaporizhzhia, currently in the hands of the Russians, and its territory has been the target of multiple attacks in recent weeks, which have made the international community fear the possibility of an accident. nuclear.

On the other hand, two other people have died in the last hours in another Russian attack in Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, in the northeast of the country and whose capital is the second most important city in Ukraine.

“The occupiers shelled the city. An apartment building and a polyclinic were attacked. Two passers-by died.”the deputy head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, posted on his Telegram account on Wednesday.

Source: Elcomercio

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