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Mariupol hospital bombing may be war crime, says von der Leyen

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday called for a full investigation into the bombing of the maternity hospital in Mariupol, southern Ukraine, saying that it may have been a "war crime." The Russian strike, which killed three people including a child and left more than dozen injured, is "inhumane, cruel and tragic," she wrote on Twitter.

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