Summary

1. Russian troops are holding 400 people, including doctors and patients, "like hostages" inside a hospital in Mariupol, the deputy mayor says
2. Earlier about 2,000 cars carrying civilians managed to leave the city, which has been devastated by intense Russian bombardment
3. Meanwhile, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has announced a 35-hour curfew in the capital, warning of "a difficult and dangerous moment"
4. Russian air strikes hit a metro station and residential buildings overnight, killing four people
5. Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has been fined after interrupting Russian state TV with a sign reading "no war "
6. The Kremlin responds to new US sanctions on several of its defence officials by barring 13 Americans from entering Russia - including President Joe Biden
7. The Czech, Polish and Slovenian PMs are meeting Ukraine's President Zelensky in Kyiv.

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