The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

IN THE PAPERS – Thursday, March 10: "Atrocious" and "depraved": British and European dailies express their horror over Russian air strikes on a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. EU leaders are meeting in Versailles to discuss defence strategies and find consensus on sanctions; we look at some…

Mariupol is increasingly cut off as the city reels from an attack on its hospital

Russia has branded the Ukrainian claims that it was guilty of the horrifying bombing of a Mariupol children's hospital as "fake news", with the incident causing global outrage.

KYIV, Ukraine — The highest-level meeting between Russia and Ukraine since the war began produced no breakthroughs Thursday as those on the ground tried to alleviate the suffering of devastated Ukrainian cities, evacuate more people to safety and assess the grim toll of a strike on a maternity hospital.

A humanitarian convoy trying to reach the south-eastern city has also had to turn back because of the fighting.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made the harrowing remarks after Western officials had expressed 'serious concerns' that Russia is 'setting the scene' for such an attack

The mayor of Mauipol, Sergei Orlov, told GMB's Ranvir Singh that 47 civilians have had to be buried in a mass grave

Three people including a child were killed in Wednesday's air strike on a maternity and children's hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has been surrounded by Russian forces for more than a week, with residents inside facing catastrophic conditions with no power, heat or water

Ukraine has accused Russia of "genocide" by bombing a children's hospital in the city of Mariupol, which Moscow has rejected as "fake news" claiming the building was a former maternity hospital that had been taken over by troops previously.

Last night, Vladimir Putin bombed a maternity hospital. A six-year-old is among three of the dead. At least 17 more, including doctors and pregnant women, were injured in the explosion in Mariupol.