Russian troops holding 500 Ukrainians hostage in Mariupol hospital using people as 'human shields'

Russian troops are holding 500 people hostage in a hospital in the port city of Mariupol, according to Donetsk governor Pavlo Kirilenko.

It is believed Russian soldiers pushed around 400 people from neighbouring buildings to the hospital.

Mr Kirilenko wrote in Telegram that around 100 doctors and patients are also understood to be in the hospital.