Ukraine: US condemns ‘unconscionable’ forced deportations of civilians from Mariupol
by Lorenzo Tondo in Lviv, Jon Henley and Daniel Boffe from World news | The Guardian on (#5XABE)
Unconfirmed reports of thousands being transported to Russia emerge after Russia accused of bombing art school where residents were sheltering
Forced civilian deportations from Mariupol to Russia are disturbing" and unconscionable" if true, the US has said, after Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of transporting thousands of people against their will out of the devastated port city.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, America's ambassador to the UN, said the US had not yet confirmed the allegations, made on Saturday by Mariupol city council and repeated in detail on Sunday by Ukraine's human rights spokesperson, Lyudmyla Denisova.
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