Video posted online of what Mariupol looks like now

Mariupol in the Donetsk region now looks more like a ruin where many houses have been burnt down and bombed by Russian invaders. What the city looks like now was shown online by the city's mayoral advisor, Petro Andryushchenko. The video was filmed in February 2023.

Mariupol. February 2023. A brief look at the reality of the occupied city, from which life has departed. No comment. Words are superfluous here..." he wrote.

The footage shows that there are very few people on the streets of the formerly crowded city. Historic buildings have been damaged and residential buildings have been destroyed to the ground.

Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers said that the Russian aggression had destroyed over 95 per cent of all the city's structures.

We would like to point out that Mariupol turned out to be one of those cities which have been brutally bombed by the Russians since the start of the full-scale invasion. The invaders dropped bombs on the Mariupol maternity hospital, drama theatre and other buildings where civilians were hiding.