Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of bombing a children's hospital in the besieged port of Mariupol during an agreed ceasefire to enable civilians trapped in the city to escape.
An aerial view shows damaged buildings and military vehicles on road, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 8, 2022 in this still image from a handout video obtained by Reuters on March 9, 2022. Joint Forces Operation/Handout via REUTERS
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked by Reuters for comment on the reported bombing, said: "Russian forces do not fire on civilian targets." "Russia continues holding hostage over 400,000 people in Mariupol, blocks humanitarian aid and evacuation. Indiscriminate shelling continues," he wrote on Twitter. "Almost 3,000 newborn babies lack medicine and food."
Local officials in other cities said some civilians had left on Wednesday through safe corridors, including out of Sumy in eastern Ukraine and Enerhodar in the south. More than 2 million people have fled Ukraine since President Vladimir Putin launched the land, sea and air invasion on Feb 24. Moscow calls its action a "special military operation" to disarm its neighbor and dislodge leaders it calls "neo-Nazis."
Ukraine's nuclear power plant operator said it was concerned for safety at Chernobyl, mothballed site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, where it said a power cut caused by fighting meant spent nuclear fuel could not be cooled.
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