Ukraine has accused Moscow of forcibly taking more than 400,000 civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia. Ukrainian officials fear the civilians may be used as hostages to pressure Kyiv to give up its fight against Russia.
though it appeared unlikely the West would give Zelenskyy everything he wanted, for fear of triggering a much wider war.
—In Chernihiv, where an airstrike this week destroyed a crucial bridge, a city official, Olexander Lomako, said a “humanitarian catastrophe” is unfolding as Russian forces target food storage places. He said about 130,000 people are left in the besieged city, about half its prewar population. But Donetsk Region Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said that “people are being forcibly moved into the territory of the aggressor state.” Denisova said those removed by Russian troops included a 92-year-old woman in Mariupol who was forced to go to Taganrog in southern Russia.
Some could be sent as far as the Pacific island of Sakhalin, Ukrainian intelligence said, and are being offered jobs on condition they don’t leave for two years. The ministry said the Russians intend to “use them as hostages and put more political pressure on Ukraine.”
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