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we ll look at the impact of that isolation on its economy. russian air strikes have broken at least one of a number of ceasefires agreed in ukraine, to allow civilians to escape. two weeks after russia invaded ukraine this is where its army is in control, and where the fighting is happening. the ceasefires were to allow people to flee the six worst affected areas: kyiv, chernihiv, sumy, kharkiv, and mariupol. it was due to end now that s 9pm ukraine time but was broken a few hours ago. that happened in the port city of mariupol. a maternity and children s hospital was hit by russian strikes. this is what it looks like. local authorities say the destruction is colossal. at least 17 people staff and pregnant women
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hello and welcome to your midweek one show, live on bbc one and iplayer with alexjones. and jermainejenas. devastating reports from ukraine today. hello, i m ros atkins, this is outside source. a maternity and children s hospital has been destroyed in a russian air strike, in the city of mariupol. the attack happened while a ceasefire was supposed to be in place. ukraine s president calls it as an atrocity and it s been internationally condemned. the attack on the hospital is absolutely abhorrent. reckless and appalling. a ceasefire holds in sumy in eastern ukraine allowing thousands to flee to safety. and as ukraine says former nuclear plant at chernobyl has lost its power supply, after it was seized by russia we ll look at what that might mean. and, as russia becomes increasingly isolated by sanctions
department correspondent barbara plett usher. it illustrates the difficulty of how the west is responding to russia. they want to arm the ukrainians, they want to provide them military support. but at the same time they don t want to cross that line of where they look as if they are entering into the conflict themselves. the poles were obviously very concerned about that, they didn t want to be out by themselves doing. they said, wait, this should be a nato decision. you heard from mr blinken, and also the uk and germany have come forward saying nato should not be sending war planes, or shooting down russian warplanes. there international condemnation of a strike on a maternity hospital in mariupol. at the past of neroli white house has condemned the attack, describing it as barbaric. my attack, describing it as barbaric. my colleagues updating the bbc news