US says Moscow ‘forcibly’ moved thousands of Ukrainians to Russia

USA accused this Thursday the Russian army of having mobilized “by force” a “several thousand” from Ukrainians a Russia since the beginning of the war at the end of February.

kyiv presented the figure of almost 1.2 million Ukrainians deported by Moscow a Russiaand also denounced the existence of “filtration camps” in territories controlled by Russia in the east of Ukrainewhere do these go “deported”.

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“The United States estimates that Russian forces transferred at least several thousand Ukrainians into these ‘filtration camps,’ and evacuated at least several tens of thousands more to Russia without telling them their final destination,” US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Michael Carpenter, said on Thursday.

“Even if it’s only from Mariupol”strategic port city now practically controlled by Russia, “We estimate that Russian forces forcibly displaced several thousand civilians into Russian territory”he added in a speech delivered in Vienna, according to the transcript released by the US State Department.

The diplomat referred to testimonies about the “brutal interrogations”, including “torture“, in those “filtration fields”, intended to identify any person with the “the slightest loyalty to Ukraine”.

There is “many stories about the confiscation of cell phones of detainees”including their passports, “coerced passwords, social media and messaging systems scrutinized for any sign of opposition to Russia’s barbaric war against Ukraine”, he detailed.

“According to this information, those who are considered pro-Ukraine are transferred to the so-called ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’”controlled by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, “where they face a sinister fate”Carpenter denounced.

“These acts constitute war crimes”denounced. “Russia tastes good” what sayings “forced displacement” are “contrary to international humanitarian law”he insisted.

According to Lioudmila Denissova, a Ukrainian government official, “more than 1.19 million” of Ukrainians, “including more than 200,000 children, were deported to the Russian Federation.”

Source: Elcomercio

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