Daughter fears for midwife mother after Mariupol hospital blast

Mariia Moskalenko, 28, fled Mariupol with her younger brother on March 3 after failing to convince her 50-year-old mother and 55-year-old father to leave their home (Mariia Moskalenko/PA)

The daughter of a midwife is anxiously waiting for news of her mother following the Russian bombing of a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Mariia Moskalenko, 28, fled Mariupol with her younger brother on March 3 after failing to convince her 50-year-old mother and 55-year-old father to leave their home.