by Techno Fog at The Reactionary
The Bombing Allegations.
On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, a story broke about a Russian air strike that allegedly targeted a Ukrainian maternity hospital. According to the New York Times, “an apparent Russian strike on Wednesday damaged and destroyed buildings at a hospital complex in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, including a maternity ward.”
The New York Times acknowledged that the casualties were unknown and that it was “not clear whether the hospital was fully operating at the time of the strike or had been evacuated to some degree.” It was later reported that the shelling of the maternity hospital killed three civilians, including one child. Photographs are alleged to substantiate that the maternity hospital was in-use by civilians at the time of the bombing (though perhaps not at capacity).
Interestingly, one of the purported victims seen in the photographs is an Instagram “influencer” who lives in that city.
Her Instagram has since been scrubbed.
In any event, Ukrainian officials called the bombing a war crime and pleaded with the West that the strike necessitated intervention. Ukrainian officials called it a war crime and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky used the attack to urge tougher sanctions on Russia. The Mariupol mayor demanded the U.S. institute a no-fly-zone and “close the sky over Ukraine.”
Before March 9, Mariupol had been experiencing intense shelling from Russian forces. Both civilian and government/military buildings had been hit. A ceasefire agreement had been reached to allow civilians to safely evacuate, although Ukraine’s foreign minister alleged Russia violated the ceasefire and was “shelling the humanitarian corridor.”
Russia’s Response…
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