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Ted Hesson and Richard Cowan

U.S. envoy to U.N. decries 'disturbing' accounts of Ukrainians deported to Russia

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Threats to International Peace and Security, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in New York City, U.S., March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

Accounts that thousands of residents of Ukraine's besieged port city of Mariupol have been forcibly deported to Russia are "disturbing" and "unconscionable" if true, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Sunday.

Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," Thomas-Greenfield said the United States had not yet confirmed the allegations made on Saturday by the Mariupol city council via its Telegram channel.

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