Russia-Ukraine War: Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of bombing children’s hospital in Mariupol

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy called on the West to strengthen sanctions on Russia in his daily video address after an airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol.

"A genocide of Ukrainians is taking place," Zelenskyy said. He described the strike on the hospital as a "war crime."

Zelenskyy said 17 people were injured in the attack on the maternity hospital, including pregnant women. He added that people, including children, were trapped under rubble following the strike.

Mariupol has been blockaded by Russian troops for nine days. Zelenskyy said that this siege was "beyond an atrocity."

Russia denies bombing children's Mariupol hospital

Russia called a Ukrainian claim that it bombed a children's hospital in Mariupol was "fake news."

Moscow claimed the building was a former maternity hospital that had long been taken over by troops.

"That's how fake news is born," Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said on Twitter, adding that Moscow warned Monday that the hospital was a military object.