Three killed in attack on Ukraine’s children hospital in Mariupol

No fewer than three people have been killed, including a young girl, in an attack on a children’s hospital in Mariupol in southern Ukraine.

local officials said the attack occurred on Thursday.

“Three people were killed, including a female child, in yesterday’s attack on a children’s and maternity hospital in Ukraine’s besieged Mariupol, according to updated figures this morning,” the city council said on its Telegram channel.

Officials had previously given a toll of 17 injured in the attack.