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An airstrike on a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol wounded women waiting to give birth and buried children in the rubble as Russian forces intensified their siege of Ukrainian cities. Bombs also fell on two hospitals in another city west of Kyiv.

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that it has confirmed 18 attacks on medical facilities since the Russian invasion began two weeks ago.

The ground shook more than a mile away when the series of blasts hit. Explosions blew out windows and ripped away much of the front of one building. Police and soldiers rushed to the scene to evacuate victims, carrying a bleeding woman with a swollen belly on a stretcher past burning and mangled cars.

Another woman wailed as she clutched her child. In the courtyard, a blast crater extended at least two stories deep.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/3-hospital ... -1.5813430

Reading the rest of the article is heartbreaking but then, all of this is heartbreaking...

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Russia puts Taiwan on 'unfriendly' countries list, China says it isn't a country

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Disturbing photos show bodies being lowered into a mass grave in the besieged city of Mariupol, southern Ukraine on Wednesday.

The images from the Associated Press show men, some dressed in overalls or blue protective suits, placing bodies into a trench. In some photos, the corpses are in body bags, but others are wrapped only in what appear to be blankets.

The city has been under attack for days, bombarded and isolated by Russian forces.

At least 1,300 civilians have been killed in Mariupol since the Russian invasion began, an adviser to the city's mayor said Wednesday.

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/uk ... b5a4d20845
Saw this earlier tonight on CNN. No time for proper services.

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'Like the beginning of an apocolypse': Canadian dad, 40, one of the 'world's deadliest snipers,' documents his days in Ukraine and recounts the tensions of war alongside the warmth of locals who welcome his support

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https://livreswali.com/

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Russia puts Taiwan on 'unfriendly' countries list, China says it isn't a country

D'oh!

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Ukraine war: 'My city's being shelled, but mum won’t believe me'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-6 ... ket-newtab

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Cognitive dissonance is an amazing beast.

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Anonymous hacks Russian federal agency, releases 360,000 documents.

'Take Up Arms And Strike At The Enemy': In Georgia, Calls Emerge To Retake South Ossetia And Abkhazia

Burger King halts corporate support for its 800-plus franchised locations in Russia

Beijing vows harsh response if US slaps sanctions on China over Ukraine

Putin Banned From World Economic Forum In Davos

Kremlin’s Lavrov Somehow Manages to Say ‘We Didn’t Attack Ukraine’ With Straight Face

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Putin rejected every U.S. off-ramp in Ukraine conflict, Blinken says

Opposition youth in Russia start campaign for Putin's impeachmen - Center for Combating Disinformation

Apple Maps now displays Crimea as part of Ukraine to viewers outside of Russia

Russia says claim that it bombed a children's hospital are "fake news"

Russia Absconds with $10bn in Aircraft in Response to EU Sanctions

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China calls Russia's invasion a war for the first time

Russia threatens to abandon American in space

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