Mariupol has been battered by air strikes and fierce fighting – but on Sunday Russia issued an ultimatum calling on the city’s residents to lay down their arms. Ukrainian MPs have claimed that Moscow deported some citizens to ‘distant parts of Russia’ to work without payment. She tweeted: ‘I am appalled by Russian atrocities in Mariupol, including attacks on schools sheltering civilians and the abduction and deportation of Ukrainians. ‘So, from what we know from the city mayor and the city council, is they are taking Ukrainian citizens. I am appalled by Russian atrocities in Mariupol, including attacks on schools sheltering civilians and the abduction and deportation of Ukrainians.
