A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people brought condemnation down on Moscow on Thursday, with Ukrainian and Western officials branding it a war crime, while the highest-level talks yet yielded no progress in stopping the fighting.

Emergency workers renewed efforts to get food and medical supplies into besieged cities and get traumatized civilians out.

Ukrainian authorities said a child was among the dead in Wednesday’s airstrike in the vital southern port of Mariupol. In addition to the dead, 17 people were wounded, including women waiting to give birth, doctors, and children buried in the rubble.

3M is joining the growing list of multinational companies that have suspended business operations in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

The Maplewood-based company has a corporate office in Moscow and two production plants in the country.

3M’s announcement comes as companies across a variety of industries have suspended some or all of their Russian operations in recent days, including McDonald’s, Exxon-Mobil, General Electric and Netflix.

St. Thomas men’s hockey graduate student goaltender Peter Thome signed a professional contract Tuesday with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL.

Thome transferred to St. Thomas after playing four seasons with the University of North Dakota. In 29 games at St. Thomas, Thome recorded 813 saves. Thome was in goal for all three of the Tommies’ wins in the 2021-22 season.

The Steelheads have 16 games left in the regular season and currently sit third in the ECHL Mountain Division. The ECHL is two leagues below the NHL and gives players the opportunity to develop their game and earn contracts in the AHL, NHL or European leagues.