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Published on: VG

March 9, 2022

Mariupol, Ukraine. Yet another ceasefire called by the Russians for the evacuation of civilians has been violated by the Russians, this time targeting a pediatric hospital and maternity ward with high-explosive bombs, including wards containing pregnant women (one, captured in images that went around the world, will give birth a few days later; another, also in the images, will die, along with her baby, shortly thereafter). Thousands of civilians have already died in the siege of Mariupol.