Armed rebels were besieging a hospital in their eastern Ukraine stronghold on Saturday in an apparent bid to seize wounded foes after a deadly firefight, an AFP correspondent said on Saturday, May 24th.
A doctor at the hospital in the main eastern city of Donetsk said the pro-Russian separatists were demanding to take injured members of a Ukrainian defence unit to use them in a prisoner swap.
Several gunmen were standing guard outside the hospital, while others could be seen taking up positions on stairwells and other areas inside the building.