Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed a crowd at a pro-war rally in Moscow, which state employees were reportedly pressured to attend.
reporter Mary Ilyushina, symbols"representing Ukraine and the West" were banned at Friday's rally.
As Putin spoke and pro-Russia songs were performed at the rally, hundreds of people were unaccounted for at a theater in the besieged port city of Mariupol, where city officialsAn early morning missile attack in the western city of Lviv, less than 50 miles from the Polish border, was alsoAccording to the World Health Organization, Russian forces have attacked at least 43 hospitals and health facilities, including a maternity hospital, killing at least 12 people and injuring 34.
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