Media: Russia ‘resettling Ukrainians 5,500 miles away in Siberia and far east Russia’

Russian leadership has sent almost 100,000 Ukrainian refugees thousands of miles away from their home, to resettle in remote corners of Russia, including Siberia and the Arctic Circle, Report informs, citing The Independent.

The newspaper states that Moscow made the emergency order last month to move 95,739 people of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Donetsk, and Luhansk away from the war zones to be resettled as far as 5,500 miles away from their homes.

"The decree stated that taking into account the current situation in Ukraine, the Russian Federation approves the distribution of citizens to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and asked authorities to ensure the reception of 95,739 people," the edition reads.

It included provisions to send 11,398 people to Siberia, 7,218 to the Far East and 7,023 to the North Caucasus, including other regions such as Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

Citing separate documents, the report added that people in the port city of Mariupol were being asked to sign papers that claimed "Ukrainian troops shelled their city."