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Abigail O'Leary

Ukraine army wipes out Russian armoured vehicles and command centre

The Ukrainian army reportedly wiped out Russian armoured vehicles and a command centre.

Drone footage appears to show rockets being fired at armoured vehicles in the city of Mariupol - where Russian forces last destroyed a children's hospital in an airstrike.

The aerial footage shared on social media appears to shows a BTR-82 APC and KamAZ-63968 'Typhoon' vehicle being targeted successfully.

It is unknown how many injuries or possible deaths occurred in the hit.

Last Wednesday, Russian forces hit a maternity hospital in the city, which tragic news of the deaths of a pregnant mum and her baby emerging this morning.

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The aerial footage shared on social media appears to shows a BTR-82 APC and KamAZ-63968 'Typhoon' vehicle being targeted (via REUTERS)

Sajid Javid says the attack on the maternity hospital at Mariupol was a "war crime".

He told Sky: "It's an appalling atrocity, it's a war crime.

"Under international law you cannot attack health facilities, hospitals. The most recent information I have from the World Health Organisation is they now have documented evidence of at least 31 such attacks on health facilities, hospitals, including shelling a couple of days ago, a cancer hospital as well."

More than 2,500 residents of the Black Sea port city of Mariupol have been killed since Russian invaded Ukraine on February 24, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said in a televised interview on Monday.

A video shared by the Ukrainian army showed a Russian command centre being hit by missiles (General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Facebook)
More than 2,500 residents of the Black Sea port city of Mariupol have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine (via REUTERS)

He said he was citing figures from the Mariupol city administration, and accused Russian forces of preventing humanitarian aid reaching the encircled city on Sunday.

Russia says it does not target civilians and has baselessly accused Ukraine of deliberately hiding weaponry in civilian locations.

The International Committee of the Red Cross yesterday warned that worst-case scenario awaits the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped by heavy combat in Mariupol unless the parties reach a concrete humanitarian agreement urgently.

“We call on all parties involved in the fighting to place humanitarian imperatives first. People in Mariupol have endured a weeks-long life-and-death nightmare.

Debris is seen on site of the destroyed Mariupol children's hospital as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Mariupol (via REUTERS)

"This needs to stop now. Their safety and their access to food, water and shelter must be guaranteed,” said Peter Maurer, ICRC’s president.

Hundreds of thousands of the city’s residents are now facing extreme or total shortages of basic necessities like food, water and medicine.

People of all ages are sheltering in unheated basements, risking their lives to make short runs outside for food and water.

Dead bodies, of civilians and combatants, remain trapped under the rubble or lying in the open where they fell.

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