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Russia continues to shell Mariupol a day after it was accused of bombing a children’s hospital
Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022

RUSSIA continued to bomb Mariupol today a day after being accused of war crimes for bombing a children’s hospital.

A child was reported to be among the dead and a further 17 people were injured after the health facility was struck several times during the attack.

Kiev said the air strikes were “a war crime without justification,” adding that children were trapped under the rubble.

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