“This bombardment at the Mariupol maternity hospital is inhuman, heinous, cruel and tragic”, declared the President of the European Commission, Thursday, on franceinfo.
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“This bombing at the Mariupol maternity hospital is inhumane, heinous, cruel and tragic”declared Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, Thursday, March 10, on franceinfo. “I am convinced that it can be a war crime and it really needs an investigation”she added.
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An establishment housing a maternity hospital and a pediatric hospital was targeted by a Russian raid the day before. According to the town hall of Mariupol, the attack left three dead, including a young girl, and seventeen wounded. The Russian government did not give an assessment but the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, gave his version of the strikes. “This maternity ward has long since been taken over by the Azov battalion and other radicals“, he defended, denying the presence of civilians on the scene.
“We have seen an unrestricted aggression from Putin. It is very difficult to predict what he has in mind next, but he is already paying an extremely high price”, also said Ursula von der Leyen. The President of the European Commission then addressed Vladimir Putin directly: “End this cruel war. You are also destroying the future of Russia. Come back to the negotiating table.”