More than 10,000 residents of the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol in Donetsk region were arrested during filtration procedures and purges. According to recent reports, some of the arrested civilians were held together with Azov soldiers in Olenivka. This was reported by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, during a telethon on Thursday, UNN correspondent reports.
More than 10 thousand civilians from Mariupol were arrested during the filtration and purges. We have no information on where these people are, who they are. And for 2 years, together with the special services, together with the partisans, we have been trying to get this information in any way possible - it is not there. the Russians are guarding this information like a nuclear button
According to the adviser, the latest reports on the arrested civilians indicate that they were held together with the Azov regiment in Olenivka.
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The Russians continue to try to hide the number of Mariupol residents killed during the invasion. However, they do maintain a database of the dead that includes DNA information and photographs. Ukraine has managed to obtain a database of dead children, which confirms the deaths of 164 children in Mariupol during the invasion. In total, at least 25,000 Mariupol civilians were killed and buried, said Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.