Mariupol city council: Russian forces deported hospital employees, patients.

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by Toma IstominaMarch 26, 2022 6:52 pm

The council of the besieged seaport said that, according to witness reports, Russian troops had forcibly moved the staff and the patients of the Mariupol City Hospital #1 to an unknown location. It is not clear how many people were deported. There were about 700 people in the hospital.

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Toma Istomina

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Toma Istomina is the deputy chief editor of the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked for the Kyiv Post from 2017-2021, first as a staff writer, later taking editor roles. For co-founding the Kyiv Independent, Toma was selected as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2022. She holds a master’s in international broadcasting from Taras Shevchenko University.

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