Filtration and forced deportation: Mariupol survivors on the lasting terrors of Russia’s assault

“On the final day of March, soldiers of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic entered the basement in Mariupol where Svitlana and Vitaly were sheltering. ‘You have 15 minutes to get ready and then you’re leaving,’ shouted one, waving an automatic rifle. It was, according to the Russian narrative of its Ukraine invasion, the day that Svitlana and Vitaly were liberated. But it did not feel much like that to them. Instead, it was merely the end of one ordeal and the start of another: a wearying and humiliating journey through so-called “filtration” procedures, followed by forced deportation to Russia. ...”

An explosion in an apartment building that came under fire from a Russian army tank.

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