Russian state channel shows evacuated Mariupol residents, city council speaks of illegal deportation to Russia

Russian state television shows images of evacuees from Mariupol being taken to the occupied territories and Russia itself. Mariupol’s city government says some 15,000 residents of the besieged city have been illegally deported to Russia. Russian troops would force people to go to Russia, a claim that has not been independently verified.

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