Russia has consistently denied targetting civilians in Ukraine, today branding claims it bombed the maternity and children's hospital in Mariupol as 'fake news'. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
But it's a strategy that Russian forces have used before - accused of carrying out systematic attacks on medical facilities to help Bashar al Assad's regime secure victory in Syria.
One man very familiar with this strategy is Doctor Hamza Al-kateab.
His wife Waad's Oscar-nominated film 'For Sama' documented their life in Aleppo under siege, including attacks on the hospital where Hamza worked. When I spoke to him earlier he told me the Russian military has 'no red lines'.
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