Mariupol residents being seized and deported to Russia en masse, says City Council

Roman Petrenko – Thursday, 24 March 2022, 11:37

Residents of the Livoberezhnyi (Left Bank) district are starting to be removed en masse to the territory of Russia. In total about 15,000 Mariupol residents have been illegally deported, said the City Council.

Source: Mariupol City Council

Details: A third of all residents in the Livoberezhnyi district have already been deported.

The City Council reports that the invaders are issuing ultimatums to already war-weary people, forcing them to board buses. There are also reports that the Russians are taking away people’s passports and other Ukrainian identification documents.

Meanwhile, the buses that left Zaporizhzhia for Berdiansk on 24 March to evacuate Mariupol residents have been blocked. City Hall is certain that the only reason for this is to prevent people from being able to return to Ukrainian-controlled territory.