
Ukrainian pregnant woman, baby die after Russian air strike on maternity hospital: 'Kill me now'
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Ukrainian pregnant woman in viral photo being carried on stretcher from Mariupol maternity hospital after Russian air strike had died, as did her baby, according to the AP
Mariana Vishegirskaya walks downstairs in of a maternity hospital damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Vishegirskaya survived the shelling and later delivered a baby girl in another hospital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) ((AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)) Mariana Vishegirskaya lies in a hospital bed after giving birth to her daughter Veronika, held by her husband Yuri, in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022. Vishegirskaya survived the Russian airstrike on a children’s and maternity hospital in Mariupol last Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) ( (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)) Mariana Vishegirskaya lies in a hospital bed after giving birth to her daughter Veronika, in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022. Vishegirskaya survived the Russian airstrike on a children’s and maternity hospital in Mariupol last Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) ( (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka))
Trees were destroyed and debris strewn on the ground. Behind them, windows were blown out on the badly damaged façade of the hospital in an image that shocked the world and exemplified to Western officials the horrors of Russia’s aggression toward civilians.