Liz Truss has condemned the "abduction and deportation" of Ukrainians from the besieged metropolis of Mariupol, in a transfer that has been likened to Nazi Germany.
A Ukrainian MP claimed that her countrymen and ladies had been being pressured to relocate to "distant components of Russia" to work in situations akin to slave labour.
The UK Overseas Secretary mentioned she was "appalled" by the experiences and vowed for Vladimir Putin to be "held to account" for his remedy of civilians in the course of the invasion.
Mariupol has been encircled by Russian troops, lower off from power, counting on low meals and water provides and going through a relentless bombardment.
Based on experiences, the south-east coastal metropolis is below fierce preventing and will doubtlessly fall into Russian fingers, with the Kremlin issuing an ultimatum for Ukrainian troopers to place down their weapons by the early hours of Monday.
Russian information company Tass cited a press release from Colonel-Common Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian nationwide defence management centre, stating that Moscow forces would enable residents to flee their battered dwellings if the request to put down arms was complied with.
Tass mentioned Mariupol had been given till 5am to reply, however Ukraine rejected the provide.
The port's seize would mark a uncommon advance within the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance that has dashed Russia's hopes for a fast victory, with preventing having lasted greater than three weeks.
On Sunday, metropolis authorities mentioned a bomb destroyed an artwork faculty the place 400 folks had taken shelter, with rescuers looking for folks presumably trapped below the rubble.
Solely days earlier than the shelling, there was a separate assault on a theatre within the metropolis the place greater than 1,000 folks had been mentioned to have been bunkered.
Truss tweeted: "I'm appalled by Russian atrocities in Mariupol, together with assaults on faculties sheltering civilians and the kidnapping and deportation of Ukrainians.
"Putin is resorting to determined measures as he's not reaching his aims.
"Putin and his regime shall be held to account."
The experiences that 1000's of Mariupol's residents have been kidnapped stays unverified, however Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun mentioned that, based on info being shared by the port's mayor, residents had been successfully being "relocated" by Moscow.
Chatting with Instances Radio, she mentioned Russia was following "the logic of Nazi Germany".
"From what we all know from town mayor and town council, is they're taking Ukrainian residents," mentioned the politician.
"They're sending them by means of what are referred to as the 'filtration camps' after which they're being relocated to very distant components of Russia, the place they're being pressured to signal papers (saying) that they may keep in that space for 2 or three years and they'll work without cost in these areas."
Sovsun agreed when it was put to her that what she was describing was "successfully slave labour".
The Prime Minister used a Sunday afternoon name with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to sentence the "abhorrent assaults on harmless civilians" seen in Mariupol.
Metropolis officers mentioned almost 40,000 folks have fled over the previous week, nearly 10% of its 430,000 inhabitants.
Boris Johnson instructed the Ukrainian chief the UK was "dedicated to stepping up army, financial and diplomatic assist" in a bid to result in an finish to the conflict.
The British chief requested Zelensky what the Ukrainian army required within the wrestle towards Russia's incursion earlier than vowing to "advance" Kyiv's pursuits at Nato and G7 conferences deliberate for this week.
Johnson is predicted to journey to Brussels, the place he'll maintain talks on Thursday with US President Joe Biden and different allies concerning the Ukraine disaster.
White Home press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned early on Monday that Biden can even journey to Warsaw, Poland on Friday for a gathering with president Andrzej Duda.
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