Russia-Ukraine war photos: Mariupol hospital bombed as over 2.1M refugees flee, others scramble to safety

An estimated 2,155,271 refugees have fled Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of the nation, with the bulk escaping to Poland, in response to statistics posted Wednesday by the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as these in Mariupol reel from the aftermath of a bombing at a maternity hospital. 

Of that, 1,294,903 refugees had been estimated to have fled to Poland, the UNHCR discovered. Nationwide, hundreds are thought to have been killed, each civilians and troopers, within the two weeks of combating since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded.

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In the meantime, a Russian assault severely broken a maternity hospital within the besieged port metropolis of Mariupol, Ukraine stated Wednesday. Residents attempting to flee shelling on the outskirts of Kyiv streamed towards the capital amid warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a extra brutal and indiscriminate flip.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter that there have been “folks, kids underneath the wreckage” of the hospital and known as the strike an “atrocity.” Authorities stated they had been attempting to ascertain how many individuals had been killed or wounded.

Video shared by Zelenskyy confirmed cheerfully painted hallways strewn with twisted metallic and room after room with blown-out home windows. Flooring had been coated in wreckage. Outdoors, a small hearth burned, and particles coated the bottom.

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The Related Press contributed to this report.