General Staff: Russian troops have established a “screening camp” for civilians fleeing Mariupol

Kateryna Tyshchenko – Thursday, 24 March 2022, 19:42

Russian troops have established a "screening camp" for civilians trying to flee Mariupol in Dokuchayevsk in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

According to the General Staff: "Russian troops have established a ‘screening camp’ in the city of Dokuchayevsk in the Donetsk region for civilians trying to flee Mariupol. The punitive authorities of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation are subjecting the detained civilians to so-called ‘screening’ measures."

Details: General Staff also reports incidents of forced evacuation of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian occupation forces in the cities of Kreminna and Rubizhne and the subsequent transportation of the "evacuated" citizens to the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation.

Earlier on Thursday, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine also reported about the "screening camp" in Dokuchayevo.

According to the Main Intelligence Directorate: "Today we have confirmed information about the establishment of a Russian screening camp in Dokuchayevsk in the Donetsk region. Civilians, whose documents are taken away from them, are sent there en masse. Employees of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ‘work’ with the civilians there. Their goal is to uncover those who have taken part in Anti Terrorist or Joint Forces Operations, as well as Ukrainian military personnel and law enforcement officers. From there, people are sent to the Russian Federation, in particular Taganrog (in the Rostov region) and Krasnodarsky Krai."

Details: The Main Intelligence Directorate reports incontrovertible evidence of inhumane treatment of Ukrainians, failure to provide medical care, and problems with food supply.