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According to the Associated Press, an injured pregnant woman who was on a stretcher from a maternity hospital that was bombed by Russia last week died along with her baby.

Images of the woman, who has not been identified by The Associated Press, have been seen around the world depicting the horror of the attack on civilians.

She was one of at least three pregnant women identified by The Associated Press in a maternity hospital that was bombed in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Wednesday. The other two survived with their newborn daughter.

In videos and photos taken by Associated Press reporters after the attack on the hospital, the injured woman slaps her bloodied stomach as emergency responders pull her through the rubble, her face melted to show her shock.

It was one of the most brutal moments of Russia’s 19-day war in Ukraine.

The woman was taken to another hospital near the front line, and doctors tried to save her. The medical staff said they realized they had lost their baby and shouted “Kill me!”

Doctor Taimur Marin told on Saturday that the woman’s back is broken and her buttocks have been separated. Her baby was delivered by caesarean section, but “there are no signs of life,” she said.

Marin said they were trying to save the woman and “more than 30 minutes of CPR for the mother were to no avail.” “They are both dead.”

Medical personnel did not take her name until the bodies of her husband and father were wiped out in the chaos following the airstrike. Doctors said they were grateful for not reaching the mass graves dug for the many dead in Mariupol.

Russian officials have accused the civilians of attacking and claimed that the maternity ward had been hijacked by Ukrainian militants to use as a base, with no patients or doctors left inside.Russia at the United Nations The ambassador and the Russian embassy in London told the Associated Press that the images were false.

Associated Press reporters, writing from inside Mariupol under siege since the war began, documented the attack and saw the casualties and damage firsthand. They filmed videos and photos of several bloody pregnant mothers escaping from the ruined maternity ward as medical staff screamed and babies cried.

The Associated Press team tracked down some of the victims on Friday and Saturday after they were transferred to another hospital on the outskirts of Mariupol. The coastal city on the Azov Sea has been without food, water, electricity or heating for more than a week. The electricity from the emergency generators is reserved for the operating theatres.

Explosions rocked walls as survivors described their ordeal and medical staff gasped. Artillery and fire in this area is sporadic but relentless. Even as the doctors and nurses focused on their work, emotions ran high.

Another pregnant woman, Mariana Vishgirskaya, gave birth to a daughter on Thursday. She told AP about the attack as she wrapped her arms around her newborn daughter, Veronica.

Russian authorities falsely claimed she was represented in a back-to-back attack after Associated Press photos and videos showed her walking down a floundering staircase, wearing polka dot pajamas and holding on to a blanket.

“It happened on March 9 at the 3rd hospital in Mariupoli. “We were lying in the infirmaries as glass, frames, windows and walls exploded,” said Vyshigerskaya, who posted a fashion and beauty blog on social media.

“We don’t know what happened. We were in our department, some had time to hide and some didn’t.

Her test was one of many in a city of 430,000 that has become a symbol of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s opposition to the war in Ukraine.

The failure to fully capture Mariupol prompted Russian forces to expand their offensive elsewhere in Ukraine. The city is the key to building a land bridge between the Russian border and the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow seceded from Ukraine in 2014.

A third pregnant woman who saw the AP lost part of her toe in the bombing, and medical workers performed a caesarean section on Friday.

Her baby was rubbed vigorously to stimulate her vital signs. After being nervous for a while, the baby started crying.

Amidst the screams of a girl named Alana, the room erupted with applause. Her mother also cried and the medical staff wiped her tears.