Mariupol hospital airstrike
Russian war crime during the Russian invasion of Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 9 March 2022, the Russian Air Force bombed Maternity Hospital No 3, a hospital complex functioning both as a children's hospital and maternity ward in Mariupol, Ukraine,[1] during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring at least sixteen, and leading to at least one stillbirth.[2]
Mariupol hospital airstrike | |
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Part of the Siege of Mariupol | |
Location | Mariupol, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 47.09645°N 37.53373°E / 47.09645; 37.53373 |
Date | 9 March 2022 |
Deaths | 4 + 1 stillbirth |
Injured | at least 17 |
Perpetrators | Russian Air Force |
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy,[3] Josep Borrell, the European Union head of Foreign Affairs,[2] and British armed forces minister James Heappey[4] described the bombing as a war crime. On 10 March, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence claimed that bombing of the hospital was justified by the supposed presence of Ukrainian armed forces[5][6] at Mariupol Maternity Hospital No 1, as stated by Russian UN representative Vasily Nebenzya earlier, on 7 March.[1][7] Several media organizations dismissed the Russian claims as false.[8]
An OSCE report concluded the airstrike was a Russian war crime.