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Bill McLoughlin

Up to 400 people ‘held hostage’ in Mariupol hospital by Russian troops, says Ukraine

Premature babies in a bed in hospital number 3 in Mariupol

(Picture: AP)

Russian forces have taken captive patients and doctors in a hospital in the southern city of Mariupol, the regional governor said.

According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, Russian forces have captured 400 people and are holding them hostage in the city’s largest hospital.

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