Children are buried under rubble after a Russian airstrike hit a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

The president tweeted “Close the sky right now! Stop the killings!”, following reports from the city’s council that Russian bombing has completely destroyed the hospital.

This comes as the UN human rights office has verified 1,424 civilian casualties since Russian invaded two weeks ago – with 516 people killed and 908 injured.

Yesterday a six-year-old girl named Tanya died alone from dehydration in the ruins of her home in the city after her mother was killed in shelling by Russian forces, Ukrainian authorities said.

The southern port city of Mariupol is surrounded by Russian troops and has been subject to heavy shelling for days, leaving thousands of people without food, water and electricity.

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