Ukraine sinks Russian ship as Moscow accused of forcible deportations from Mariupol

Orsk landing vessel destroyed as Russian soldiers accused of deceiving those hiding into leaving shelters

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Ukrainian forces have been bolstered by the dramatic destruction of a major Russian landing ship as it brought in supplies to its troops, as Moscow was accused of forcibly deporting thousands of people from the besieged city of Mariupol.

As Ukrainian forces struggled to hold the flattened city, it was claimed that civilians in captured territory were being deceived into leaving shelters to be bussed out to Russian camps by soldiers wielding loudhailers.