President Zelensky has said the attack is ‘final proof...that the genocide of Ukrainians is taking place’
In an overnight video address, Mr Zelensky said: “What kind of country is this - the Russian Federation, which is afraid of hospitals and maternity hospitals and destroys them?“Did someone in the maternity hospital abuse Russian-speakers? What was that? Was it the ‘denazification’ of the hospital?
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