Russia Disputes Reports of Bombing at Maternity Hospital in Mariupol, Calling It ‘Fake News’

Russia Disputes Reports of Bombing at Maternity Hospital in Mariupol, Calling It ‘Fake News’
A person is carried out after the destruction of Mariupol children's hospital as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022 in this still image from a handout video obtained by Reuters. Ukraine Military/Handout via Reuters
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Russia asserted Thursday that the claim from Ukraine that Moscow forces were responsible for the bombing of a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol was “fake news.”

“That’s how fake news is born,” Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said on Twitter.
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