Volodymyr Zelensky visited Okhmatdyt Hospital to meet with orphaned children and hand out iPads.

There he spoke to two young girls - Ilya, 10 and Kira, 12 - who lived in Mariupol until the Russian invasion. He said Ilya’s mother was killed by Russian bombing of the city, while Kira’s father - the former captain of Ukraine’s water polo team - was killed by a sniper.

The President of Ukraine said the children of Mariupol were taken by Russian troops and “it took a lot of effort to get them back”.