Russia dismisses hospital bombing claim as 'information terrorism'
Reuters
March 10, 2022 17:24 MYT
March 10, 2022 17:24 MYT
A view shows cars and a building of a hospital destroyed by an aviation strike amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Mariupol. - REUTERS
LONDON: Russia said on Thursday that a Ukrainian claim that Russian forces had bombed a children's hospital in Mariupol was fake and amounted to "information terrorism".
"This is information terrorism," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of carrying out genocide after Ukrainian officials said Russian aircraft bombed the children's hospital on Wednesday.