Aerial photos show Ukrainian sites before and after the Russian bombing
Satellite images showed the extent of the massive destruction inflicted on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, in which more than a thousand people were killed as a result of the Russian bombing, which included residential areas and a maternity hospital.
The first photo, taken by the private company Maxar, shows the destruction of the city's grocery stores and shopping center, as both buildings were set ablaze by heavy Russian bombardment.
Another picture revealed damage to residential areas, where many residents have been without electricity, heating, water or communications for more than a week.
The pictures showed the complete destruction of some buildings.
Another picture shows the extent of the damage to a shopping center, part of its roof collapsed and other buildings attached to it were massively damaged.
Three people, including a young girl, were killed in Russian bombing of a children's hospital in Mariupol in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, the coastal city's municipality announced Thursday.
"The Russian forces are deliberately and mercilessly eliminating the civilian population in Mariupol," the Mariupol municipality said, noting that 1,200 people were killed in nine days of the Russian siege of the city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who described the bombing as a "war crime", published videos showing the destruction of the facility that includes a maternity and children's hospital in Mariupol, the strategic port on the Sea of Azov (southeast).
The videos show debris, papers and pieces of broken glass scattered on the ground inside these buildings.
The White House condemned the "barbaric" use of force against civilians, while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the bombing "immoral".
Ukrainian officials say a Russian raid has hit a children's hospital and maternity facility in the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol.
The Russian government has not denied the attack, but said it was used as a firing base by Ukrainian "nationalist brigades".
This industrial city includes a major port of Ukraine on the Sea of Azov, and its population exceeded 450,000 people before the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.
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