The social networking platform Twitter on Thursday downloaded a post by the Russian embassy in London claiming that Wednesday’s attack on the maternity hospital in Mariupol was set up by Ukrainians.
The reaction of Moscow
The Russian Ministry Defense denied responsibility for the attack and accused Ukraine of “provoking”, saying Russia had not carried out air strikes on land targets in the region on Wednesday in honor of a “silent agreement”.
For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had earlier claimed from Antalya that the hospital had taken over the radical Azov Battalion – a volunteer paramilitary group fighting alongside the Ukrainian army – “long ago”, and that all pregnant women had left. from the building. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that three people, including a child, had been killed in Wednesday’s air raid on a hospital.
NEW: Twitter has removed content from Russian Embassy UK claiming the bombing of a maternity hospital had been staged pic.twitter.com/dV3TvduDj4
– James Clayton (@ JamesClayton5) March 10, 2022
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