Russian airstrike hits a maternity hospital in Ukraine, officials say. Here’s what happened

A Russian airstrike hit a maternity hospital in the city of Mariupol, which has suffered a number of attacks in recent days, per The Wall Street Journal.

• Adults and children were buried under the rubble, Ukrainian officials said, per WSJ.

Context: Officials said they moved about 5,000 residents out of Mariupol overnight.

• However, shelling has continued in the city. One bomb killed 22 people, officials said, per WSJ.
• Per The Associated Press, the city of Mariupol — with 430,000 citizens — has been surrounded by Russian troops.

What they’re saying: “It’s medieval,” Mariupol Deputy Mayor Sergiy Orlov said, per The Guardian.

• “Putin is intent on having Ukraine without Ukrainians. It’s pure genocide. The attack being waged by Russia isn’t simply treacherous. It’s a war crime,” Orlov said, according to The Guardian.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “Direct strike of Russian troops at the maternity hospital. People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity! How much longer will the world be an accomplice ignoring terror?”

The bigger picture: Ukraine and Russia are currently working on ceasefire agreements to move civilians. The latest agreement focused on opening a corridor so that the area outside of Kyiv could be evacuated, as I reported for the Deseret News.

• Many of those citizens are moving toward Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine.
• At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country is trying to evacuate about 18,000 people from Kyiv, per The Associated Press.