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Zaporizhzhia authorities report missile attacks on hospital, infant killed

Russia’s army has attacked a maternity ward in the Zaporizhzhia region, killing an infant child, says Oleksandr Starukh, the local governor.

“Grief is in our hearts. A baby who just came into this world is dead. Rescuers are working on the scene,” he wrote.

Photo: Oleksandr Starukh's Telegram

Photo: Oleksandr Starukh's Telegram

The hospital in question is located in Vilniansk roughly 30 km due northeast from the city of Zaporizhzhia.

The shelling of Zaporizhzhia killed a local resident on 19 November and left 123 apartment blocks with no heating.

At least nine people were killed following a Russian missile hitting a residential building in the Vilniansk district of the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine a week ago.