Children's hospital destroyed by Russian bombs in 'atrocious' civilian attack, Ukraine says

Russian forces bombed and destroyed a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Wednesday, according to Ukrainian officials.

At least 17 civilians have been reported injured in the bombing, while further details about potential casualties are being clarified, according to CNN. The video shows the inside of the hospital in a mess, with windows blown out, walls strewn with holes, and hospital beds and debris.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that hospital patients and children are trapped under the crashed plane.

Russian troops were at the maternity hospital. Zelenskyy said that the attack was atrocity and that people and children were under the debris.

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The ceasefire that was put in place on Saturday allowed thousands of people to escape Mariupol. The deputy mayor of the coastal city of 400,000 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266

The city has been without heat, power, gas or electricity for the last eight days after Russian tanks destroyed all the power lines on the outskirts.

The city has been able to evacuate between 2,000 and 3,000 people per day using a fleet of buses. Half of the city's population is trying to flee, according to the deputy mayor.

It was originally published on Live Science.