Is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine?

Moscow accused of abducting civilians and deporting them into ‘slave labour’

Residents in the besieged port city of Mariupol
Residents in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol
(Image credit: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Russia is forcibly abducting civilians in the besieged city of Mariupol and transporting them across the border to “filtration camps”, Ukrainian politicians have claimed.

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