{"id":64210,"date":"2026-03-28T17:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64210"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:18:52","slug":"russia-attacks-a-maternity-ward-in-ukraine-a-true-genocide-but-without-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/28\/russia-attacks-a-maternity-ward-in-ukraine-a-true-genocide-but-without-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia attacks a maternity ward in Ukraine: a true genocide, but without protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Putin's dictatorship continues its strategy of systematic terrorist attacks against the Ukrainian civilian population.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/24\/a-russian-attack-sets-fire-to-a-historic-catholic-monastery-in-lviv-ukraine\/\">A Russian attack sets fire to a historic Catholic monastery in Lviv, Ukraine<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/02\/10\/russia-murders-a-girl-and-her-mother-in-ukraine-will-there-be-protests-over-this\/\">Russia murders a girl and her mother in Ukraine: Will there be protests over this?<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>This morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2037799120543293784\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the President of Ukraine denounced<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>Last night, the Russians launched a massive strike on Odesa. There was no military purpose whatsoever \u2013 this was pure terror against ordinary civilian life.<\/strong> Over 60 drones were used in the strike on the city. Sadly, there is extensive damage. <strong>Among the sites hit were a maternity hospital, ordinary residential buildings, businesses<\/strong>, as well as the port and critical infrastructure.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night, the Russians launched a massive strike on Odesa. There was no military purpose whatsoever \u2013 this was pure terror against ordinary civilian life. Over 60 drones were used in the strike on the city. Sadly, there is extensive damage. Among the sites hit were a maternity\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5l68WhrTA7\">pic.twitter.com\/5l68WhrTA7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2037799120543293784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Zelensky posted this video of the damage caused by the attack, noting: <em>\"<strong>Tragically, as of now, one person has been reported killed.<\/strong> My condolences to their family and loved ones. More than <strong>ten people have been wounded, including a child.<\/strong> There were also strikes overnight in the Poltava and Dnipro regions.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55172420992_695486e87f_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55172420992_7b4dda2ced_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\"<strong>Each such strike proves that Russia has no intention of ending this war.<\/strong> That is why any easing of pressure on it is dangerous. And coordinated efforts to protect people and lives will help us, help our country\u2019s defense and our diplomacy.<strong> I thank all our partners who are working with us and supporting our people.<\/strong> We are working with everyone to give our country more strength and more capacity to protect life in Ukraine every day and every night: our cities and villages, our infrastructure. Collective defense and coordinated action can deliver the most effective results\"<\/em>, the President of Ukraine stated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55173319501_9ab5a89a15_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55173319501_516819488e_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At 7:20 CET, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/dsns_telegram\/60654\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the State Emergency Service of Ukraine<\/a> published photos of the attack, which you can see in this article. For the past four years, <strong>Russia has been launching systematic attacks against the civilian population of Ukraine<\/strong>, firing missiles and drones at homes, hospitals, churches, schools, universities, museums, and other targets with no military value. <strong>Likewise, the Russian invaders have perpetrated<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/03\/31\/the-bucha-massacre-and-what-it-indicates-about-pro-russian-propagandists-in-the-west\/\">massacres of civilians such as those in Bucha<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/09\/16\/the-images-of-the-crimes-of-the-russian-army-in-izyum-russia-must-pay-for-this\/\">and Izyum<\/a>, in which unarmed and bound people (men, women and children) were murdered in cold blood. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_safari_(terror_campaign)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Furthermore, the Russians conduct \"human safaris\" in the Kherson region to kill civilians using drones<\/a>, clearly seeing who they are going to kill and knowing that they are not soldiers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55172420987_e0d6e9a49f_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55172420987_54d2ca20bd_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Russia is doing in Ukraine is a genuine genocide<\/strong>, as defined in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in its Article 5, which refers to the \"killing members of the group\" among those <em>\"acts committed with <strong>intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national<\/strong>, ethnical, racial or religious group\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55172420982_47f390625a_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55172420982_b0727fd086_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If this genocide hasn't claimed more victims, it's thanks to Ukraine's determination to defend its civilian population<\/strong>, dedicating a large portion of its resources to shooting down Russian drones and missiles. Without these air defenses, we would be witnessing daily massacres. <strong>Unlike other wars, statistics on civilian casualties in Ukraine don't regularly appear in the media<\/strong>, and not because they don't exist. Ukraine is a democratic country, but the media outlets that give a platform to Islamist dictatorships like Iran and Gaza systematically silence reports of civilian casualties in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55173485978_39c6977b8d_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55173485978_aefd1cb3f9_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some Western politicians have accused Israel of \"genocide\": none of them have made the same accusation against Russia.<\/strong> The activists who organize demonstrations against Israel, NATO, and the United States <strong>have not organized a single demonstration against Russia to denounce the genocide Putin is perpetrating in Ukraine.<\/strong> It should be noted that, unlike Israel, Russia did not suffer a massacre like the one on October 7, 2013 (the worst anti-Semitic massacre since the Holocaust) and does not give advance warning of its attacks. Likewise, <strong>while Hamas uses civilians in Gaza as human shields, the Ukrainian government tries to protect its civilians.<\/strong> Significantly, the same pro-Russian activists who demonize Israel also demonize Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55173319451_feb93614c9_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55173319451_a9b7285f54_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The double standards of some, falsely accusing Israel of \"genocide\"<\/strong> (a country that suffered a genuine crime of genocide in 2023 at the hands of Hamas) <strong>but remaining silent about Russia is truly scandalous<\/strong>, and it also demonstrates the extent to which the propaganda of Russia and its allies has penetrated the West, even reaching <strong>politicians who claim to support Ukraine but<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/11\/pedro-sanchez-cuts-spains-bridges-with-israel-but-maintains-them-with-russia-and-iran\/\">cut bridges with Israel and not with Russia or Iran<\/a>, as is the case in Spain, whose government includes among its partners parties that have been favoring Russia and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/03\/02\/cuatro-eurodiputados-espanoles-de-extrema-izquierda-no-condenan-la-invasion-de-ucrania\/\">have refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55173706875_476e2159e1_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55173706875_7b2cabd3b7_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is high time to unmask this double standard<\/strong>, which in the end only serves to favor an axis of evil whose most important vertices are <strong>Moscow, Beijing and Tehran, three dictatorships that have many fifth columnists in the West<\/strong>, even among politicians who feign false moderation while favoring these terrorist regimes and their allies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Putin&#8217;s dictatorship continues its strategy of systematic terrorist attacks against the Ukrainian civilian population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10373],"tags":[16474,10731,16153,15307],"class_list":["post-64210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-odesa","tag-russia","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-ukraine"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 08:32:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}