Thread by @RWApodcast

regarding the hospital in mariupol, you know i'm not a person who screams "fAlSe fLaG" at everything he dislikes, and even if it were hit by russian artillery that's a tragedy but the natural consequence of refusing to evacuate civilians + placing weapons in hospitals

but there are a couple of strange things about it

1. it was reported that the hospital wasn't working as a hospital for at least several days

2. the witnesses are confused and can't say whether it was a shell or a bomb from a plane. people learn these things quickly in war

3. a ton of victims are claimed by the ukrainian side, but there's only one ambulance in the video & one of the wounded being carried out looks to be wearing camo.

4. no traces of blood or any kind of damage to people on the footage from inside the building, which is weird

5. the first footage appeared at ~17:50, and already at 18:30 reuters reported that there were children under the rubble, citing zelensky (who said this at 18:20). that is... very quick.

in any case, i don't exclude the possibility that this might've been collateral damage from a russian attack - this would be immensely sad, tragic & regrettable. but also the result of azov turning the whole city into a military target. let's wait for more details

this is what a local told lenta.ru yesterday

source lenta.ru/articles/2022/…

i'm sorry i might be mistaken but is that a bucket of fake blood at 1:03

it could be water that turned red from mopping up blood but this is supposed to be the *immediate* aftermath

locals telling ANNA news two days ago that azov has taken up positions in the hospital

https://twitter.com/vsyo/status/1501613000083394560

this is reported to be footage from inside the hospital before the russian strike. not many doctors or pregnant women around. the russian MOD also mentioned in its march 5th briefing, four days ago, that ukrainian forces are firing from inside the hospital.