Russia will deport Ukrainians from Izium to Russia

The Russian government announced that Ukrainian citizens from Izium in the Kharkiv region will be deported to the territory of the Russian Federation.

Source: RIA Novosti [RIA News]

According to RIA Novosti: "The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has deported the first group of refugees, nearly 100 people, from Izium in the Kharkiv region. Their destination is the Belgorod region."

Details: The Russian propaganda news outlet published photos and video in which elderly people, children, men and women are riding in buses and filling out documents at the Russian border. 

Background: Russia is forcibly deporting Ukrainian civilians under siege and in humanitarian crisis zones due to the actions of the Russian troops. Deportation is taking place in Mariupol, among other cities: Mariupol residents are taken to the occupied territory of Ukraine first, and then later to the Russian Federation.

Some residents of the city of Kherson leave for the Russian-occupied Crimea, because it is impossible to enter the Ukrainian-controlled territory due to Russian shelling.