Wounded children recovering after escape from besieged Ukrainian city
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Reuters Eleven-year-old Milena Uralova remembers being knocked unconscious and waking up to see her mother Yelena weeping after she was wounded while the family was escaping from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol two weeks ago. Now recovering in the relative safety of a childrens’ hospital in Zaporizhzhia, some 200 kilometres away, she […]
Russia shifts stance on hospital bombing that sparked world outrage
London, UK Reuters Russia shifted its stance over the bombing of a Ukrainian hospital in the city of Mariupol, with a mix of statements on Thursday that veered between aggressive denials and a call by the Kremlin to establish clear facts. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said three people including a child had been killed in […]
Updated: Ukraine accuses Russia of genocide after bombing of children’s hospital
Updated: 5.30pm (AEDT) Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russia’s war in Ukraine entered its third week on Thursday with none of its key objectives reached despite thousands of people killed, more than two million made refugees, and thousands forced to cower in besieged cities under relentless bombardment. Ukrainian forces including citizen-soldiers who only last month never dreamed […]
Top Vatican official says reported bombing of Ukraine children’s hospital “unacceptable”
Rome, Italy Reuters The Vatican’s secretary of state on Wednesday condemned the reported bombing of a children’s hospital in the besieged port of Mariupol in Ukraine. The Mariupol city council said the hospital had been hit several times by a Russian air strike, causing “colossal” destruction. Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin leads a […]