Russian occupation authorities demolish over 300 buildings in Mariupol since May 2022.

More than 300 houses have been completely demolished after the occupation of Mariupol, exiled advisor to city mayor Petro Andriushchenko reported[1] on June 26. He added that Russian occupation authorities have recently demolished two high-rises located at 77 and 79 Metallurhiv Ave. "Now, instead of apartments and life, there are ruins," Andriushchenko wrote on his official Telegram channel.

Over the course of Russia's siege of Ukraine's southern city of Mariupol, over 2,000 residential buildings were heavily damaged, with around half of them now completely destroyed, Andriushchenko reported[2] earlier. In a city that was once home to more than 400,000 people, the UN estimates[3] that up to 90% of its multi-story residential buildings have been damaged or destroyed. Google Map imagery published[4] on April 26 shows before-and-after comparisons of Mariupol, revealing the extent of devastation brought to the once-peaceful city.

Russian forces heavily bombed Mariupol from the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. The city has been occupied by Russian forces since May 2022.

Russia enforces document checks on teenagers in occupied Mariupol Russian security forces have started to implement document checks on local Ukrainian teenagers in occupied Mariupol, according to a June 24 report from Ukraine's Center for National Resistance.

Development manager, Canadian correspondent

Olena Goncharova is a development manager and Canadian correspondent for the Kyiv Independent.

She first joined the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's oldest English-language newspaper, as a staff writer in January 2012 and became the newspaper's Canadian correspondent in June 2018. She is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Olena has a master's degree in publishing and editing from the Institute of Journalism in Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv.

Olena was a 2016 Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellow who worked for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for six months.

The program is administered by the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia.

References

1. ^ reported (t.me)
2. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ UN estimates (www.rferl.org)
4. ^ published (t.me)
5. ^ Russia enforces document checks on teenagers in occupied MariupolRussian security forces have started to implement document checks on local Ukrainian teenagers in occupied Mariupol, according to a June 24 report from Ukraine's Center for National Resistance. (kyivindependent.com)