Occupying forces take children without their parents from Mariupol to Donetsk - media

Olha Hlushchenko - Saturday, 26 March 2022, 02:03

The Russian invaders have taken children away from Mariupol to a hospital in occupied Donetsk without their parents.

Source: Ukrinform quoting residents in occupied Donetsk

Quote from Donetsk resident: "Yes, there are many children, who have been brought from Mariupol, in the second infectious department of the Vyshnevskyy Hospital in the Kyiv district of Donetsk."

They have clothes, but children need nappies, baby formula and fruit.

The children are without their parents. We need to look for parents and not ignore any notification about missing children."

Details: Some activists in occupied Donetsk are calling for help for the Mariupol children. Nurses at the hospital also say the hospital will not deny these children help.

Donetsk residents have also reported that there were refugees in school no. 25 and school no. 31 in the Leninsky district and in secondary school no. 70 in the Kyiv district, who had been relocated from ruined Mariupol by Russian military personnel.

For example, there are now about 250 Mariupol residents at school no. 31. However, these people do not live there all the time, they stay overnight. Then, if the refugees do not have relatives in Donetsk who can pick them up, the people are taken to Taganrog, Russia. Their documents and phones have been confiscated beforehand, and not everyone gets them back.

According to Donetsk residents, the people brought from Mariupol "are in a serious psychological condition - it is clear that they are exhausted, burnt-out and mostly silent."