A Russian airstrike on Wednesday left a maternity ward devastated in the besieged city of Mariupol, and injured at least 17 people. The strike nearly took out the entire front section of one building, but at the time of writing, no deaths had been reported. Amid growing concern from the West about Russia’s brutal tactics, a regional official described the strike as a “war crime without any justification,” while President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as an “atrocity.” Authorities, meanwhile, agreed on new ceasefires on Wednesday to allow thousands of civilians from bombed cities such as Kyiv, Mariupol, Enerhodar, and Volnovakha to escape. Earlier cease-fires for civilian evacuation had reportedly been violated by Russia.

Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
A car burns at the side of the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
A medical worker walks inside of the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
An injured pregnant woman walks downstairs in the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
A man carries his child away from the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.