Wednesday 20 August 2014

Ukraine maternity ward nurtures new life as the shells fall

A maternity ward damaged by shelling is seen in Slaviansk By Thomas Grove DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - In a Ukrainian city stalked by death, Tatyana Makarchuk, the director of Donetsk Maternity Hospital No. 3, is making sure that new life can survive. Donetsk is becoming a battle zone as government forces press an offensive intended to crush pro-Moscow separatists who have made the city in eastern Ukraine their main stronghold. Ukraine's Western-backed government denies shelling civilian areas, but ordinary people are being caught up in the fighting, including expectant mothers and babies.




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