INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Lavrov claimed on Thursday that the hospital had been serving as a military base for nationalists."This maternity hospital has long been
occupied by the Azov Battalion and other radicals
They drove out the women in labour, nurses and general staff
It was the base of the ultra-radical Azov Battalion," Lavrov said, following talks in Turkey with his Ukrainian counterpart.Video shared by
rescue workers from the site showed a scene of complete devastation, with the wounded being evacuated, some on stretchers, past charred and
burning carcasses of cars and a deep crater by the building.Inside, debris, shattered glass and splintered wood littered corridors,
administrative offices and bedrooms, with mattresses thrown from their frames.Mariupol city council said 1,200 residents have been killed
