#Russia Allegedly Move Thousands of #Ukrainians to Russia Against their Will
//An official in Mariupol on Saturday, March 19, 2022 accused Russian forces of having taken thousands of Ukrainians against their will across the border into Russia who he feared could be compelled into forced labor.
Russian forces have taken “between 4,000 and 4,500 #Mariupol residents forcibly across the border to Taganrog,” Pyotr Andryuschenko, an assistant to the city’s mayor, said, referring to a city in southwestern Russia. Given chaos in the city — ongoing fighting, the lack of cellphone and internet service — his claim could not be immediately independently verified, though it was supported by testimony from others who recently fled the city.//
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/19/world/ukraine-russia-war/a-mariupol-official-accuses-russia-of-forcibly-taking-ukrainians-across-the-border
Source: New York Times #Mar19
#HumanitarianCrisis #WarCrime #RussianInvasion
//An official in Mariupol on Saturday, March 19, 2022 accused Russian forces of having taken thousands of Ukrainians against their will across the border into Russia who he feared could be compelled into forced labor.
Russian forces have taken “between 4,000 and 4,500 #Mariupol residents forcibly across the border to Taganrog,” Pyotr Andryuschenko, an assistant to the city’s mayor, said, referring to a city in southwestern Russia. Given chaos in the city — ongoing fighting, the lack of cellphone and internet service — his claim could not be immediately independently verified, though it was supported by testimony from others who recently fled the city.//
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/19/world/ukraine-russia-war/a-mariupol-official-accuses-russia-of-forcibly-taking-ukrainians-across-the-border
Source: New York Times #Mar19
#HumanitarianCrisis #WarCrime #RussianInvasion
#StandwithUkraine #StopWar
Lithuanian documentarian Mantas KvedaraviÄŤius killed in Ukraine
It was reported on April 4, 2022 that #Lithuanian documentary filmmaker #MantasKvedaraviÄŤius was killed in the besieged Ukrainian city of #Mariupol.
The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement, calling for those responsible to face justice:
“We extend our deep condolences to the friends and family of Mantas Kvedaravičius, who was killed while reporting from Mariupol, a city he had documented for years. His killers must be brought to justice.”
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, Director Vitaliy Manski wrote on Facebook that Kvedaravičius was killed “with a camera in his hand.”
In another statement, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that Kvedaravičius “until the very last moment, in spite of danger, worked in Russia-occupied Ukraine.”
Source: Committee to Protect Journalusts; #Apr2
https://cpj.org/2022/04/lithuanian-documentarian-mantas-kvedaravicius-killed-in-ukraine/
Lithuanian documentarian Mantas KvedaraviÄŤius killed in Ukraine
It was reported on April 4, 2022 that #Lithuanian documentary filmmaker #MantasKvedaraviÄŤius was killed in the besieged Ukrainian city of #Mariupol.
The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement, calling for those responsible to face justice:
“We extend our deep condolences to the friends and family of Mantas Kvedaravičius, who was killed while reporting from Mariupol, a city he had documented for years. His killers must be brought to justice.”
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, Director Vitaliy Manski wrote on Facebook that Kvedaravičius was killed “with a camera in his hand.”
In another statement, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that Kvedaravičius “until the very last moment, in spite of danger, worked in Russia-occupied Ukraine.”
Source: Committee to Protect Journalusts; #Apr2
https://cpj.org/2022/04/lithuanian-documentarian-mantas-kvedaravicius-killed-in-ukraine/