Overnight, a Russian missile attack claimed three lives including a child in the mining town of Selydove, 40km (25 miles) west of Avdiivka. Officials said four missiles had hit the local hospital and maternity ward, as well as nine blocks of flats.
Several other residents were wounded, including a baby.
The occupiers attacked the hospital at around 01:00. The maternity ward suffered the brunt of the attack. There were almost 200 people in the hospital at the time, and dozens of patients were in serious condition. They were evacuated to other medical facilities in the oblast.
Search and rescue workers managed to save a 6-month-old baby. Six people, including a child, were injured. The bodies of three people, including a 9-year-old child, were recovered from the rubble."
Veronika Bakhal, spokesperson for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast, said that there were about 149 patients inside the hospital at the time of the missile strike. According to early reports, search and rescue operations have been completed.
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