“We didn’t stay there voluntarily, ” “We tried to get out two or three times before the heavy shelling started, but they sent us back and didn’t release us.”

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The rescued people report intimidation by the Ukrainian military. “We didn’t stay there voluntarily, ” a resident told RIA Novosti . “We tried to get out two or three times before the heavy shelling started, but they sent us back and didn’t release us.”

Another witness told the agency that the Ukrainian soldiers said they broke into civilian homes. They also scolded residents of Mariupol for alleged pro-Russian views.