Moscow denies targeting civilians and says it aims to disarm Ukraine
new Delhi:
A six-year-old girl is taken to a hospital after being critically injured in Russian military shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine. Her mother was pictured outside an ambulance, her father, covered in blood, by her side. The little girl was put on a gurney and taken inside where a medical team struggled to revive her. But he could not be saved.
“Show this to Putin. This kid’s eyes, and the doctors crying,” said a doctor who was pumping oxygen to him, According to the Associated Press,
The child’s father, in tears, was seen sitting beside Gurnery holding it all, showing one of the graphic photographs that grabbed the world’s attention.
According to reports, when the shelling began on Sunday, the family was at a supermarket on the outskirts of the southeastern port city.
Earlier in the day, Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boychenko said heavy shelling in the city had resulted in massive casualties and dozens were wounded.
Fierce fighting continues around Mariupol, as Russian and Russian-backed separatist forces surround the southern Ukrainian city of about 400,000 people from three sides.
According to CNN reports, the Russian military is hoping to complete a land corridor to Mariupol that will connect Crimea with southern Russia.
More than 800,000 Ukrainians have fled the country since February 24, the fastest displacement of people in Europe in decades.
Moscow denies targeting civilians and says it aims to disarm Ukraine, a country of 44 million people, in a “special military operation”.
The Kremlin’s decision to start the war left the Russians isolated and lined up in banks to save their savings.