Natalie Davis 🇺🇸🇵🇹🇺🇦

"The Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol

It is one year since the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was largely destroyed by Russian forces and captured.

It is now being transformed and presented as a showcase for rule from Moscow - and some Russians are even hoping to buy homes there.

Russia claimed to have annexed Mariupol, along with all other occupied areas, following a series of referendums that have been widely condemned as sham exercises.

About 90% of the city's buildings were damaged or destroyed by Russian shelling during a gruelling two-month siege. Thousands of civilians were killed and about 350,000 people left, out of the pre-war population of 430,000, according to the UN.

Now, the occupation authorities seem intent on "Russifying" the city"

🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66393949

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The Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol

Largely destroyed by Russian forces, Mariupol is now portrayed by Moscow as a desirable city.

Aug 6, 2023 at 10:52amWeb
Show threadTyler DurdenAug 6, 2023

@NatalieDavis But for years russians were lying that "Mariupol was 99% russian city where everyone was russian, and waiting with flowers to greet russian army".

Now it turns out russians murdered the whole city because no one there was waiting to be part of russia and because Ukrainians living there were happy to be part of Ukraine.

So now they desperately need to russify the dead city, built on the ashes of murdered Ukrainians.

I can't wait to see those new apartment blocks burn down soon.