since its invasion of ukraine. and with each hit, a new justification. for mariupol, russia set the stage days before the attack happened. armed forces of ukraine have set up a fire position there. translator: expelled the staff and patients from a maternity hospital and equipped combat positions in it. reporter: cnn has found zero evidence such military positions were present at mariupol s maternity and children s hospital on the afternoon of march 9th and it was civilians that emerged from the building. pregnant women injured and distressed. city officials say 17 people, including children, women, and doctors were injured. since then, at least five people have died. cnn built a model that revealed many signs that civilians were still using this hospital and, therefore, it was not a justifiable military target. this satellite image taken just hours before the attack shows cars parked outside.
reporter: kharkiv. irpin. melitipol. now mariupol. despite being a war crime, medical facilities have been repeatedly hit by russia since its invasion of ukraine. and with each hit a new justification. for mother pole, russia set the stage days before the attack happened. translator: the armed forces of ukraine set up a fire position there. translator: expel the staff and equip combat positions in it. reporter: cnn has found zero evidence such military positions were present at mariupol s children s hospital on the afternoon of march 9th. it was civilians that merged from the buildings. pregnant women injured and distressed. city officials say 17 people, including children, women, and doctors were injured. since then, at least five people have died.
of that maternity hospital in e. reporter: kharkivf ukraine. for mariupol, russia set the stage days before the attack happened. translator: armed forces of ukraine have set up a fire position. expelled the staff and patients from the maternity hospital and equipped combat reporter: cnn has found zero evidence such military positions were present at mariupol s maternity and children s hospital on the afternoon of march 9th. and it was civilians that emerged from the buildings.
and with each hit, a new justification. from mariupol, russia set the stage days before the attack happened. armed forces of ukraine have set up a fire position there. expelled the staff and patients from the maternity hospital and equipped combat positions in it. reporter: cnn has found zero evidence such military positions were present at mariupol s maternity and children s hospital on the afternoon of march 9th, and it was civilians that emerged from the buildings. pregnant women, injured and distressed. city officials say 17 people, including children, women, and doctors were injured. since then, at least five people have died. cnn built a model that revealed many signs that civilians were still using this hospital and, therefore, it was not a justifiable military target. this satellite image taken just hours before the attack shows cars parked outside. this is the crater left behind. war crime investigator truth