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Lavrov criticises Mariupol maternity hospital attack claims

Russia's foreign minister says hospital was taken over by the Azov battalion.

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says a maternity hospital bombed by Russian forces in the port city of Mariupol was taken over the far-right Azov Battalion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Lavrov's claim is a lie.

Also in the programme: We hear from the United Nations on Ukraine's worsening refugee crisis and Chelsea FC's Russian owner is sanctioned by the UK.

(Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Credit: Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS)

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Thu 10 Mar 2022 20:06GMT

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