Decipher this as the Ukrainians holding their own civilians as hostages.*See Description*

Sergiy Volyna of the Azov battalion makes an announcement and plea from the Azovstal plant under seige by Russian forces. He pleads for the outside world to save him while holding civilians hostage as human shields.

Just surrender and let the civilians go. This is obviously a hostage scenario at best. In a war, when you are surrounded without options, you surrender. What's with this mixing civilians and soldiers into the same deal?