Thousands of Mariupol residents have been 'forcibly' taken to Russia, the Ukrainian city's mayor has claimed
Sunday 20 March 2022 11:58, UKThe damage caused to a building hit by a missile in Kyiv, as Russia says it launched a second hypersonic missile strike near Mykolaiv Pic: Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/ShutterstockRussia says it has launched a hypersonic missile attack on Ukraine for the second consecutive day, amid claims that thousands of people trapped in a besieged city have been"forcibly deported" to Russian territory.
It is the second day in a row that Russia says it has used the missile, which is capable of striking targets 1,250 miles away at a speed 10 times the speed of sound.In separate attacks, an art school where 400 people were taking refuge in Mariupol was destroyed and authorities in Kharkiv said least five civilians - including a nine-year-old boy - had been killed by Russian shelling.
It said Russia"illegally took people" from Livoberezhniy district and from a sports club building, which was being used by more than a thousand people as a bomb shelter.Mariupol's mayor Vadym Boychenko compared the actions of Russian forces to the Nazis capturing and deporting civilians during the Second World War.Mariupol reduced to a burned shell
"After the inspection, some Mariupol residents were redirected to remote cities in Russia; the fate of others remains unknown.
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