Invaders destroy 400 apartment blocks in Mariupol to hide war crimes – mayor

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In Mariupol, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian army, the invaders have already destroyed 400 apartment blocks to hide war crimes.

"For two months of intensive fire, they [the invaders] destroyed every second high-rise building. There are 1,800 apartment blocks in Mariupol city. The terrorist state defined 934 buildings that are demolished now... They have already removed 400 such buildings, that is, they have hidden their war crimes," Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko said during a briefing at Ukrinform news agency.

As noted, the invaders, fearing a Ukrainian counteroffensive, destroy the traces of their crimes: they demolish bombed houses "along with their numerous dead residents."

"They work day and night... because they understand that we [the Armed Forces of Ukraine] are already approaching, that we will regain the city, that there will be a counteroffensive. And they prepare for this and clear away their war crimes. And it is necessary to understand that 50% of the city no longer exists, unfortunately. They are quickly clearing away [traces of war crimes]," Boychenko said.

As reported, Russia's aggression caused one of the biggest humanitarian disasters in Mariupol. The city is almost 90% destroyed as a result of enemy shelling.

The_Werodile on March 9th, 2023 at 23:25 UTC »

Committing war crimes to cover up war crimes.

Yeon_Yihwa on March 9th, 2023 at 22:04 UTC »

Dont forget the mariupol Theater that got air striked which killed 600+ civilians despite there being written on the ground that civilans are inside. You can see its packed here https://youtu.be/KeDhEtt9rtE

https://apnews.com/article/Russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-theater-c321a196fbd568899841b506afcac7a1

They demolished and filled it up with concrete to hide the bodies, the workers that did it complained about the stench of rotten corpses. https://tsn.ua/en/ato/smell-of-corpses-invaders-cannot-fix-drama-theater-in-mariupol-without-tons-of-chlorine-2147767.html

phredbull on March 9th, 2023 at 20:22 UTC »

Do they really care at all about being accused of more war crimes?