Russia destroyed 400 high-rises in Mariupol to cover up crimes – mayor

The invaders were demolishing multi-storey buildings “along with their many dead residents,” said Vadim Boychenko.

Russian war criminals in the temporarily captured Mariupol destroyed 400 high-rise buildings that they destroyed to hide their crimes. This is what Mariupol mayor Vadim Boychenko said in a briefing on Thursday, March 9.

“In two months of intense fire, they (the invaders – ed.) destroyed every second multi-storey building. There are 1,800 such high-rise buildings in the city of Mariupol. The terrorist state identified 934 buildings that demolished today. … They have removed 400 such houses, which means they have hidden their war crime “, he said.

The official noted that the invaders, fearing a Ukrainian counter-offensive, were destroying the traces of their crimes – they destroyed the shooting and bombed the houses “with their many dead residents.”

“They work day and night… Because they understand that we (the Ukrainian Defense Forces – ed.) are coming, that we will take back the city, that there will be a counteroffensive. And they are preparing for this and cleansing. their crimes in the war. And we must understand that 50% of the city is gone, unfortunately, and they were quickly removed (traces of war crimes – ed.),” Boichenko summed up.

It will be remembered, the adviser of the leader of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, said that in Mariupol, the graves of the dead civilians are still found in the yards, whose remains have not been reburied in the cemeteries.

We add that at the end of February, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted heavy blows on the personnel, military equipment and warehouses with weapons of the occupiers in Mariupol.

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