War in Ukraine: Russian troops take hundreds hostage in Mariupol hospital - The Times

Russian soldiers have taken hundreds of civilians hostage at a hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol, the regional governor has reported.

“Russian occupiers have taken doctors and patients hostage,” Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of Donetsk Oblast, wrote on his Telegram channel. He said one of the hostages told local officials that the Russians had herded about 400 civilians into the hospital and were preventing anyone from leaving.

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“We can’t get out of the hospital,” the unnamed hostage was reported to have said. “They’re shooting a lot. We’re sitting in the cellar.”

Mariupol, a port city of 420,000 people near the Russian border, has been under almost constant bombardment for two weeks. It has become a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance, and of the appalling human

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2022-03-16 00:01:00Z
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