Six dead at maternity hospital after one of biggest airstrikes since Putin’s war began | World News

Vladimir Putin deployed ‘nearly every type of weapon in his arsenal’ againstUkraine today in one of his worst attacks in the 22-month war.

Among Russia’s main targets were a maternity hospital and a shopping center in the eastern city of Dnipro.

At least six people were killed and 20 injured, while four hospital patients were rescued from a fire, officials said.

Footage circulating on social media shows dozens of people who were on their way to work running for their lives amid the blaring sound of air raid sirens and the following explosions.

Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement that ‘Kindzhals,’ S-300s, cruise missiles and drones were just some of the weapons used by the army against Ukraine.

Altogether Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, killing at least 22 civilians.

Military officials stressed this was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war.

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