It's me in Mariupol's 'Mr. Bean' a few years ago. Today the entire neighborhood is demolished by Russian shellings.
Recently Google updated aerial photos of Mariupol, giving a heartbreaking opportunity to revisit places in a city destroyed and occupied by Russians in 2022🧵
I remember good times in Knaipa in the very center of Mariupol. Now Knaipa and neighboring buildings are heavily damaged
'The 7 Goats' was a fancy place with moderate prices compared to Kyiv. Now the area is laboriously damaged. Note that it's residential areas in all cases, Russians were shelling civilians with no hesitation
I took this picture of the Mariupol Theatre in October 2018. This place is a mass grave for likely hundreds of civilians who sought shelter there. Russians bombed the theatre despite the huge "THE CHILDREN" sign in front of it
I don't have pics of all the places I visited in this lovely city on the shores of the Azov Sea, and I want to go back once.
It is hard to comprehend that Russians both wiped out 500 thousand inhabitants city in 2022 and sitting in the UN Security Council in 2023. The sooner world acknowledges that #RussiaIsATerroristState, the sooner it will protect itself
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