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Dave Burke

Russia 'abducts 40,000 civilians for forced labour and separates children from parents'

Russian troops have abducted tens of thousands of Ukrainians who are made to carry out "forced labour" across the border, it is claimed.

Vladimir Putin's forces have been accused of a war crime amid reports that civilians are being made to leave the city of Mariupol - meaning children are forcibly separated from their parents.

The port city has been devastated by weeks of heavy bombardment, and it now claimed that Russian soldiers have been bursting into cellars where people are hiding and telling them they must leave in 15 minutes.

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