A planned mass evacuation of civilians from Mariupol is aborted as Russia continues shelling the key southern city.

Attacks are continuing, Ukrainian officials say, despite a ceasefire designed to allow thousands of people to leave.

Civilians have also been unable to escape the nearby city of Volnovakha.

Protests have broken out in Kherson – the only big city to have been captured by Russia so far.

There are reports coming in that a psychiatric hospital in a town 60km (37 miles) north-west of. Kyiv has been captured by Russian forces, trapping some 670 patients inside.

Ukrainian news platform Hromadske says Kyiv’s regional governor confirmed the hospital in Borodyanka had been captured.

“Today we do not understand how to evacuate these people, how to help them,” Oleksiy Kuleba said.

“They are running out of water and medicines.

“These are people with certain special needs, they need constant help... many of them have been bedridden for years.”

He added that there was a chance the building could be mined, according to Hromadske. (Pieced together from BBC reports)