[montag813]

LOL. What utter rubbish. Also 87% of Mariupol residents are ethnic Russians.

[Monterrosa-24]

Russian speaking Ukrainian does not equal an ethnic Russian. Many Russian speakers are patriotic Ukrainians and my wife’s family is among them.

[HollyB]

Agree. Here’s a reporter on the ground I who interviews refugees

https://youtube.com/c/PatrickLancasterNewsToday

[nbenyo]

Most ethnic Russians in Ukraine want no part of Putin. Kharkiv is also heavily Russian and Putin’s thugs found no support there.

[roving]

Thanks for your on scene report. Oh, wait. You have zero idea if its true or not.

[Cronos]

The story is rubbish. But what do you mean by “ethnic Russians “ vs “ethnic Ukrainian”?

There are Ukrainians whose primary language is Russian, like President Zelensky.

And culturally, linguistically the two are related peoples. Similar but distinct like Swedes and Danes

[caww]

What a bunch of nonsense - he’s just pi**ed off because HE was removed from his office and taken away by Russian Soldiers - he was released later.

[caww]

Sergio as Deputy Mayor of Mariupol was one of several controlling the people there.....he's blaming Russia for what he and others there were doing against the people....An azov stronghold and base in Ukraine.

[Salamander]

“Mariupol residents “

I swore that said marsupial.

/got possums on the brain

[rrrod]

Several reports of this kind of behavior are coming out. War crimes trials hopefully soon