{"id":1992,"date":"2022-11-24T13:56:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T13:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:36:29","slug":"russian-rocket-kills-newborn-in-attack-on-small-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/war\/russian-rocket-kills-newborn-in-attack-on-small-town\/2022\/11\/24\/hasan\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian rocket kills newborn in attack on small town"},"content":{"rendered":"

VILNIANSK, Ukraine (AP) November 24–<\/span> A<\/span> Russian<\/span> missile<\/span> hit<\/span> the<\/span> maternity<\/span> ward<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> hospital<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday,<\/span> killing<\/span> a<\/span> newborn<\/span> and<\/span> seriously<\/span> injuring<\/span> a<\/span> doctor.<\/span> A<\/span> nighttime<\/span> blast<\/span> littered<\/span> a<\/span> small-town<\/span> hospital<\/span> with<\/span> crumbling<\/span> bricks<\/span> and<\/span> medical<\/span> supplies<\/span> strewn<\/span> across<\/span> a<\/span> small<\/span> compound.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> deadly<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> small<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Vilnyansk<\/span> was<\/span> his<\/span> second<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> week,<\/span> and<\/span> Natalya<\/span> Usienko<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> fears<\/span> it<\/span> won’t<\/span> be<\/span> his<\/span> last.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> attack<\/span> began<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> S300<\/span> missiles<\/span> hit<\/span> the<\/span> road.<\/span> The<\/span> second<\/span> rocket<\/span> hit<\/span> the<\/span> maternity<\/span> wing<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> general<\/span> hospital<\/span> where<\/span> people<\/span> were,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span> “A<\/span> woman<\/span> gave<\/span> birth<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> child<\/span> two<\/span> days<\/span> ago.<\/span> She<\/span> gave<\/span> birth<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> boy.<\/span> Unfortunately,<\/span> the<\/span> rocket<\/span> took<\/span> the<\/span> life<\/span> of<\/span> this<\/span> child<\/span> who<\/span> lived<\/span> only<\/span> two<\/span> days.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Six<\/span> days<\/span> ago,<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> missile<\/span> hit<\/span> an<\/span> apartment<\/span> building,<\/span> killing<\/span> 11<\/span> people.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“It’s<\/span> very<\/span> dangerous<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> here,”<\/span> said<\/span> Usienko.<\/span> “It’s<\/span> 90<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> hit<\/span> again<\/span>
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\n<\/span>After<\/span> dark,<\/span> city<\/span> officials<\/span> worked<\/span> diligently<\/span> to<\/span> reinforce<\/span> walls<\/span> that<\/span> were<\/span> in<\/span> danger<\/span> of<\/span> collapsing,<\/span> relying<\/span> on<\/span> generators<\/span> for<\/span> lighting<\/span> and<\/span> powering<\/span> power<\/span> tools.<\/span> resident<\/span> Natalia<\/span> Pullman<\/span> said<\/span> angrily<\/span> as<\/span> she<\/span> passed<\/span> the<\/span> destroyed<\/span> hospital.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“I<\/span> have<\/span> no<\/span> words,<\/span> no<\/span> emotions.<\/span> I<\/span> don’t<\/span> know<\/span> how<\/span> normal<\/span> people<\/span> should<\/span> feel.<\/span> My<\/span> condolences<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> victims,”<\/span> \u200b\u200bshe<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Usienko<\/span> said<\/span> Kirilo,<\/span> a<\/span> small<\/span> boy<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> rocket<\/span> attack,<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> mother<\/span> should<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> released<\/span> Wednesday.<\/span> Bob<\/span> Kitchen,<\/span> deputy<\/span> chairman<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Emergency<\/span> Relief<\/span> Committee,<\/span> lamented<\/span> the<\/span> attack.<\/span>
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VILNIANSK, Ukraine (AP) November 24– A Russian missile hit the maternity ward of a hospital in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing a newborn and seriously injuring a doctor. A nighttime blast littered a small-town hospital with crumbling bricks and medical supplies strewn across a small compound. The deadly attack on the small town of Vilnyansk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[276,2480,2482],"tags":[76,132,154,156,170,174,181],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1000-4.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions\/1994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}