The Russia-Ukraine war entered its 14th day today (Wednesday). The British “Guardian” reported this morning that the Institute for War Studies in the United States estimates that in the coming days the Russian army will invade the capital Kiev. Moscow and Kiev this morning declared a humanitarian and temporary ceasefire in several regions of Ukraine. In the besieged city of Mariupol, where residents are suffering from water and food shortages, no evacuation has been reported.
The Independent website reported At 19:50 Because Western officials fear that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to use chemical weapons during the war in Ukraine due to dissatisfaction with his army’s progress.
At 5:22 p.m. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zalansky posted on his Twitter account a record of a maternity hospital hit by Russian shelling: “Direct attack on Russian soldiers at maternity hospital. People under the rubble. Children under the rubble. This is a horror!”.
Zalansky went on to write to world leaders: “How much longer will the world be a partner in ignoring terrorism? Close the skies immediately! Stop the killing immediately! You have power. But you seem to be losing humanity.”
Shelled maternity hospital:
Mariupol. Direct strike of Russian troops on the maternity hospital. People under the rubble. Children under the rubble. This is atrocity! How much longer will the world be complicit in ignoring terror? Close the sky immediately! Stop the killings immediately! You have power. But you seem to be losing humanity. pic.twitter.com/xEFndMPqPK
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) March 9, 2022
At 16:41 The municipality of Mariupol also reported that the maternity hospital was severely destroyed from the air carried out by the Russian army. “Russian occupying forces dropped several bombs on a children’s hospital. The destruction is enormous,” the municipality said, noting how many were injured in the attacks.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kolba said At noon Russia continues to bomb Mariupol despite construction of humanitarian corridor. “Russia continues to hold more than 400,000 residents of Mariupol hostage. It is preventing humanitarian aid and evacuations. Without medicine and food. “