Saying she found the reports “disturbing,” Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Sunday the Biden administration has yet to confirm reports that Russia is seizing Ukrainian citizens and shipping them into Russia.
Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said, “I’ve only heard it. I can’t confirm it. But I can say it is disturbing.”
“It is unconscionable for Russia to force Ukrainian citizens into Russia and put them in what will basically be concentration and prisoner camps, so this is something that we need to verify. Russia should not be moving Ukrainian citizens against their will into Russia.”
CNN reported that several thousand residents of Ukrainian city Mariupol have been taken by Russian forces. On Saturday, more than 4,100 people, including 1,172 children, were evacuated from the city, which endured deathly strikes on a maternity ward and theater, among other attacks.
More than 2.6 million people have fled Ukraine as of March 15, according to POLITICO.
Source : https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/20/russians-taking-ukrainians-by-force-00018715
