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Hospital attacked

A maternity ward and children’s ward in Mariupol have been destroyed, officials there say

A maternity ward and children’s ward at a hospital in Mariupol have been destroyed in a Russian air strike, according to officials there. At the moment we don’t know how many people have died.

Russia editor at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring Vitaly Shevchenko and Abdujalil Abdurasulov, who’s a video journalist with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in Kyiv, join Victoria and Gabriel to discuss which cities are being targeted.

Also, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World News’ Kasia Madera tell us some of the personal stories she’s been hearing from people fleeing Ukraine. More than two million have now left the country, and Prof Peter Gatrell from the University of Manchester explains how this compares to other conflicts.

This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Phil Marzouk, Emma Forde and Alison Gee. The studio director is Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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