civilians flee mariupol. instead, they weren t safe, even in hospital beds. here, the massive craterjust outside the building. the local mayor said this was utterly evil. translation: today the russian federation led by putin raided a peaceful city, shelled a children s hospital, destroyed the most valuable thing we have, we, the people of mariupol. they wanted to take the lives of our children, ourwomen, our doctors, who ve been fighting for ia days of war for the lives of every child under fire from enemy weapons. russia claims ukrainian forces expelled the staff and patients and set up firing positions. russia also claims it does not fire on civilian targets. tell that to those we met today being carried from irpin, close to kyiv, where
meantime, we are now seeing devastating images showing what s left of a maternity and children s hospital in the key ukrainian port city of mariupol following a russian bombing wednesday. and now russia is blaming ukraine, saying they set up firing positions inside the hospital. ukraine says that is nonsense. just hours from now, vice president kamala harris will meet with both the president and prime minister of poland. this comes after the u.s. rejected poland s offer to give their mig 29 fighter jets to ukraine and the foreign ministers of both russia and ukraine are meeting in turkey trying to find some common ground. even ukrainian president zelenskyy is saying it s time to pressure russia to sit down at the negotiating table. hello again, everyone. i m chris gallagher live in los angeles where it is now 11:00 p.m. and nine o clock thursday morning in ukraine s capital city of key west along with bombs falling, the temperatures have also been
lucas tomlinson, fox news, ludus, thank you . latest satellite imagery of the 40 mile long russian convoy that made little movement over the past week now shows a portion of it has has largely dispersed and then redeployed armored units maneuvering in and around the antonoff airport, the gosta male airport ,the same name while artillery units are taking up firing positions in nearby forests. with us now is retired army lieutenant colonel daniel davis . he is also defense priorities senior fellow as well as a military expert. colonel, great to see you again. so they broke off this thing kind of fanning off in different directions. you have some of them going into some of the smaller towns in the outskirts of kiv and then some into forested areas. what s your takeaway here? are are we looking at getting into firing positions? ah, maybe the russians getting into defensive positions. what do you make of this ? yeah, this is something that i was frankly puzzled me from the beginning why the
even in hospital beds. here, the massive craterjust outside the building. the local mayor said this was utterly evil. translation: today the russian federation led by putin raided a peaceful city, shelled a children s hospital, destroyed the most valuable thing we have, we, the people of mariupol. they wanted to take the lives of our children, ourwomen, our doctors, who ve been fighting for ia days of war for the lives of every child under fire from enemy weapons. russia claims ukrainian forces expelled the staff and patients and set up firing positions. russia also claims it does not fire on civilian targets. tell that to those we met today being carried from irpin, close to kyiv, where the cease fire held. they survived days and nights
the picture of what s happening to people there has been brought into sharp focus. authorities say three people have been killed and 17 injured after this children s and maternity hospital was heavily shelled by russian troops a move condemned by world leaders, including ukraine. translation: war is never isolated. it always hits both the victim and the aggressor. only the aggressor realises it later, but he always does, and always suffers. moscow claims what it calls ukrainian nationalists had set up firing positions in the hospital. for nine days, russian forces have surrounded this southeastern city. tens of thousands have been trapped under heavy artillery strikes. humanitarian aid can t get in either, and there have been continued reports of no running water, heating, and food running low. the temperature outside is below zero, but people are happy