AP images of a pregnant woman being rushed to an ambulance after Russia bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol where she was meant to give birth shocked the world.
@AP has learned that the woman and her baby have died. apnews.com/article/russia…
@AP has learned that the woman and her baby have died. apnews.com/article/russia…
Russian officials claimed the hospital in Mariupol had been taken over by Ukrainian extremists and no patients or medics were left inside. But AP journalists shot video and photos of several blood-stained, pregnant mothers fleeing the blown-out building.
The woman was rushed to another hospital, where a surgeon said her pelvis was crushed and hip detached. Her baby was delivered by C-section, but showed “no signs of life.”
In the chaos of Wednesday’s airstrike, medics didn’t have time to get the woman’s name before her husband and father came to take away her body. apnews.com/article/russia…
AP tracked down other victims of the bombing in a hospital, including Mariana Vishegirskaya, who gave birth to baby Veronika the day after the airstrike.
“All birthing mothers have lived through so much,” said nurse Olga Vereshagina. apnews.com/article/russia…
“All birthing mothers have lived through so much,” said nurse Olga Vereshagina. apnews.com/article/russia…
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