Invaders drive out part of Mariupol residents by force to the occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions or to the Russian Federation, - city council

It has been stated by the Mariupol city council.

"The invading troops of the Russian Federation force residents of the Ukrainian Mariupol to leave to Russia or to temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions", the message states. 

As of 8:00 on 20 March we have an information that residents of the Azovstal and Ukrainian Cossacks streets of the left bank region of Mariupol are being illegally deported to the invaders' territory. 

"Invaders take out Ukrainian passports of these people and instead issue a paper that has no legal force and is not accepted in the civilized world", the city council stress.