In Mariupol, Russian occupiers give local residents a choice: either deportation to Russia or death under the rubble. CNN writes about it. The publication talked with ten residents of Mariupol, five of them were forcibly taken to the Russian Federation. Three were able to get out of Russia.

In their interviews, they describe how the Russian invaders descend into bomb shelters and order them to leave.. Otherwise - death under the rubble. Many people have been sitting in cold basements for almost a month, without food and water.. They can't get to the evacuation convoys, so they agree to get out.. However, they do not know where they will be taken..

Human rights activists in Russia receive dozens of appeals from deported Ukrainians asking for help to return home. Some people manage to do it on their own. The rest remain in the Russian outback without money and documents, which are taken away by Russians in filtration camps after being taken out of Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian side, 45 thousand citizens of Ukraine were forcibly deported to Russia or to the territory of the temporarily occupied Donbas. Russian invaders claim 550,000 " CNN investigation proves: this is not an evacuation, but a forced deportation on pain of death.

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Earlier it was reported that the invaders launched mobile crematoria in Mariupol. They will be used to cover the tracks of their atrocities in the city.. According to conservative estimates alone, 5,000 civilians died in the city..