The municipal authorities of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine reported today that staff and patients from a maternity hospital in the city, which is under siege by Russian forces, were forcibly transferred to Russia.
"More than 70 people, women and health personnel, were forcibly removed by the occupiers from the maternity hospital No. 2 on the left bank," Mariupol's mayor's office said on Telegram."
In total, more than 2.000 Mariupol residents have been transferred "against their will" to Russia, according to local authorities, who say the Russians have confiscated their papers and taken them "to remote Russian cities."
This information has not been confirmed by an independent source.
About 160.000 civilians remain trapped in Mariupol, which is being heavily shelled by Russian forces, with the city's residents facing "a humanitarian catastrophe", according to testimonies of people who have managed to escape.
Source: protothema.gr
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