A newborn baby was killed in Russian strikes on a maternity hospital in the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia overnight, according to a military official.
Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, said on Telegram on Wednesday that Russian forces had "fired large rockets at a small maternity ward in the Vilnyansk hospital" in the city of Vilnyansk.
"Our hearts are filled with sorrow, as a newborn baby was killed," he said. Starukh said rescue teams responded immediately and went to the scene of the attack.
Vilnyansk is a city controlled by Ukraine. Parts of the wider Zaporizhzhia region are occupied by Russia, which claims it as Russian territory in violation of international law.