Soldiers seized a Mariupol hospital and are holding 500 Ukrainians hostage, using them as human shields.Later he hinted Ukraine could drop its ambition of joining Nato – a key Russian demand in the peace talks that have been rumbling on for days. In a video address, he took a swipe at Nato over its refusal to intervene militarily, saying it was 'the strongest alliance in the world' but 'some of the members of this alliance are hypnotised by Russian aggression'. The president made a fresh appeal to Nato leaders to impose a no-fly zone over his war-torn country, telling Western leaders gathered in London Russia had bombed four apartment blocks in Kyiv, leaving dozens dead. The war games come as President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to keep his country out of Nato yesterday as his spokesman warned peace talks were 'at a crossroads'. Norway shares a border with Russia, but officials said the test was not linked to its invasion of Ukraine. HMS Prince of Wales, one of two UK aircraft carriers, was in Norway for a month-long exercise involving 30,000 Nato troops from 27 countries. Britain's newest 'supercarrier' was at the centre of one of the world's most powerful naval task forces yesterday as Nato started its largest Arctic exercise in 30 years.
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