mariupol strategic south russia claims ground troops have advanced seven miles in encirclement of the city which remains cut off to humanitarian supplies. air raid sirens signaling the latest attacks this woman among those taking shelter in a hallway. breaking down in tears. daddy, i can t bear it anymore. sad update to this attack on a mariupol hospital last week, showing a pregnant woman being led away on a stretcher. the images gaining worldwide attention today we learned the expant mother has died along with unborn child. ukraine s foreign minister reports today that 90 children have been killed so far since this war began. they say more than 100 have been injured. bret? bret: trey yingst fox news live kyiv. trey, thank you. earlier today our correspondent benjamin hall was wounded while news gathering outside of kyiv in ukraine. we have minimal level of details right now. but ben is hospitalized and our
carefully under review. there is no other variant that is of a concern an out there at this point in time. we have seen some rises in infection over the last week but given the increase of social, that was supposed to be expected. there s no particular concern. thank you for joining us on the program. sajid javid, think you. let s find out what the papers are doing this morning. this morning, the story about the mom and baby who have both died as a result of that bombing at the mariupol hospital has come to late for the front page. the fda reports that russia s most deadly strike today to honor military base near the polish border was meant as a warning to nato, not to supply weapons to ukraine. the mayor says that mr. putin now has the west in its sight. they also feature the boastfully to president putin in the name of god, stop this massacre. the times also reports, russia has turn to china for help with its military campaign.
saying what compromise could the international community urge president zelenskyy to make. there is discussion of whether he would give up some of his claims to the eastern parts of the country, a lot more rights for russians speakers in order to prevent the russian forces coming into the capitol and doing what they have done in mariupol and elsewhere with huge devastation. it sounds like the british government saying if he wants, that we will support him. look forward to it. we will be hearing from president zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with british television with our very own alex, coming up in just a moment. first, let s have a look at what the papers are saying. the bombing of the mariupol hospital is featured on many of the front pages of newspapers this morning. the metro described it as a new low for putin, with a picture of some of those that have been injured. the mayor says simply,
dispassionately. but sometimes, you know, you can t. howard: right. sometimes emotions do crop up, emotions do well up. and so we can be horrified and angry without crossing over into saying, well, now that means x, y or z militarily howard: right. and i know a lot of journalists are trying to strike that balance. howard: it s impossible to be passive about this. putin keeps sinking to new lows, kidnapping a mayor with a bag on his held, targeting a maternity hospital. the kremlin can t possibly believe its denial that this mariupol hospital was taken over by extremists, that the bloody victims who we saw with our own eyes were actors? if it feels ludicrous to report it. it does, but vladimir putin has a very different audience. he s not talking to us, he s talking to russians. and he now has a kind of ironclad, iron curtain over russian media, and he s controlling what russians voters, people, citizens
a dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding in mariupol, a city under siege after weeks of relentless violence by russian forces. this morning rescue operations are under way after officials say a russian air strike hit a theater hitting hundreds of civilians using it as a shelter. take a look at this picture. they re showing the pavement surrounding the theater was marked with large letter spelling out children in russian. russia denies attacking the theater. this as mayor openan officials. the video you re about to see is graphic and disturbing. in a mariupol hospital, bodies lay on the floor, as medical workers struggle to deliver care to a surge of patients. among the patients, a grew of newborn babies, here you see them, huddled together in a crib