Ukraine president decries Mariupol hospital bombing ‘genocide’ as US $13bn aid bill passes first hurdle

Zelenskiy shares footage showing destruction of 600-bed complex with children's and maternity wards in south-eastern city as US House passes huge aid package

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned a Russian attack on a children's hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol as evidence of genocide" as the US moved to drastically bolster support to the war-ravaged country with a $13.6bn aid package.

The Ukrainian president shared video footage showing massive destruction at the hospital - a combined 600-bed complex with children's and maternity wards - in the southern port city that has been under relentless bombardment for nine days.