Russia takes 15 humanitarian workers hostage outside Mariupol: Reports

Russian forces are holding 15 rescue workers hostage after their humanitarian convoy was stopped on Tuesday en route to the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to reports.

A bus and two rescue vehicles were stopped at a Russian checkpoint 12 miles outside Mariupol in the town of Mangush, according to reports. Russian soldiers then took the 15 members of the convoy hostage, denying the delivery of food and other humanitarian supplies to one of the most intense theaters of the war in Ukraine. Negotiations are reportedly underway for the release of the rescue workers.