245 people deported from Mariupol to Russia in a day – mayoral adviser
IRYNA BALACHUK — SUNDAY, 22 MAY 2022, 16:12
313 people, including 55 children, were deported from Mariupol to filtration camps by the Russians on 21 May, while 245 people, including 29 children, were also deported to Russia from filtration camps near the city.
Source: Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, on Telegram
Quote from Andriushchenko: "Mariupol. Deportation. Yesterday, 313 people, including 55 children, were deported from Mariupol to the Bezimianne filtration camp. "
Details: He also said that 70 people, including 12 children, were taken to Russia from the filtration point in the urban settlement of Nikolske, and 175 people were deported from the filtration point in the village of Bezimianne, including 17 children.
Andriushchenko noted that direct deportation from Nikolske to Russia may be connected with the actual closure of the evacuation route to Zaporizhzhia.
Background: On 28 April, Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, said that the invaders had forcibly deported more than 30,000 Mariupol residents to Russia.
