Mariupol: occupiers hold more than 1300 people in line for filtration – adviser to mayor

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST 2022, 13:38

In the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol, there are more than 1300 people waiting in line for filtration. They need to go through the procedure to leave the city.

Source: Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, on Telegram

Quote: "Filtration. The second filtration point in the city was opened in Livoberezhzhia. There are more than 1300 people in line.

They need to submit a passport, a telephone and a record of service to go through filtration. Without a note about having passed filtration, it is impossible to get a pass to leave the city and evacuate. The residents of Mariupol are facing obstacles at every step".

Background: The occupiers are making residents of Mariupol who want to go to Ukraine-controlled territory go through a humiliating process of filtration. During filtration, the occupiers interrogate people, check their documents and phones, and take their fingerprints.

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