How statements by Russian officials reveal Russian crimes in Mariupol
russians themselves acknowledge the extensive destruction they caused in Mariupol during the fighting for the city in the spring of 2022. The head of the Investigative committee of the russian federation, alexander bastrykin, openly stated: “Mariupol was practically wiped off the face of the earth.” At the same time, he compared the destroyed city to the besieged Leningrad.
The catastrophic scale of the destruction is also confirmed by the data of the occupation authorities of Mariupol. As the so-called “mayor” of the city, oleg morgun, said, out of more than 47 thousand private houses, only 13 thousand were not damaged as a result of the fighting, more than 10 thousand are subject to complete demolition, and another 13 thousand are subject to partial restoration. At the same time, morgun boasted that since the end of 2024, 400 private houses have been restored in the city — a meager number compared to the total amount of destroyed housing.
Drawing parallels with the blockaded leningrad, russians are trying to rewrite the history of mariupol. They seek to create an image of a “martyr” city “saved” by russia. But even the statements of their officials reveal the truth: it was russian army that destroyed entire districts of Mariupol and killed thousands of its residents.
