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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkraine: Pregnant woman hit by Russian bombing of Mariupol maternity hospital dies with her baby
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-health-europe-c0f2f859296f9f02be24fc9edfca1085A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher had circled the world, epitomizing the horror of an attack on humanitys most innocent.
In video and photos shot Wednesday by AP journalists after the attack on the hospital, the woman was seen stroking her bloodied lower abdomen as rescuers rushed her through the rubble in the besieged city of Mariupol, her blanched face mirroring her shock at what had just happened. It was among the most brutal moments so far in Russias now 19-day-old war on Ukraine.
The woman was rushed to another hospital, yet closer to the frontline, where doctors labored to keep her alive. Realizing she was losing her baby, medics said, she cried out to them, Kill me now!
* MSNBC said that Russia has reported that this ia fake.
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Ukraine: Pregnant woman hit by Russian bombing of Mariupol maternity hospital dies with her baby (Original Post)
BigmanPigman
Mar 2022
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elleng
(130,156 posts)1. Was this Veronica?
'she who brings victory, true image'
NutmegYankee
(16,178 posts)2. No. Different woman who was carried out on stretcher.
elleng
(130,156 posts)3. Thanks
I've lit a candle, in honor of the many.
NutmegYankee
(16,178 posts)4. This poor woman had been hit in the hip.
Pelvis was crushed and femur disconnected. Her baby was a still birth and she died minutes later.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)6. That's awful!
COL Mustard
(5,783 posts)5. Just another sad example of Russian
Barbarity and another set of war crimes.
I know that the Ukrainian use of POWs for propaganda is a violation of the Geneva Convention, but that pales in comparison to what the Russians are doing.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)7. Nothing heard from the USA religious right??
The anti-abortionists here have been silent about Russian brutality toward pregnant women. Trump, who pretended to be so concerned about the abortion issue has said nothing about his buddy knowingly bombing facilities holding pregnant women and children.
brer cat
(24,402 posts)8. The silence is deafening.