10 Mar 2022

Russia accused of war crime after bombing children's hospital

From Checkpoint, 5:37 pm on 10 March 2022

Ukraine's President has accused Russia of committing a war crime by bombing a maternity and children's hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol.

Ukraine says the bombing happened during an agreed ceasefire. Initial reports are of 17 people were injured, but there are fears of multiple deaths.

Police and soldiers rushed to the scene to evacuate victims, finding children in the rubble, and carrying pregnant women out on mattresses.

The town's Deputy Mayor says the Russian bombardment has killed more than one thousand people so far, and there are so many victims now, that they're being buried in mass graves.

Andrew McRae reports.