Mariupol
This city of formerly of 500.000 people has been leveled to the ground by two months of continuous bombing of civilian infrastructure. This Russian method of total destruction has previously been used on Grozny or Aleppo.
Marinka
Drone footage from a small town rendered to rubble – looks like Hiroshima. Russians have been pounding this place for months on end. No-one lives there anymore.
Update December 26, 2023 – Shoigu tells Putin that Marinka has been “liberated”.
In fact the city has been annhihalted to the last building and no one lives there.
Pro-Russian blogger Kalashnikov reports on the destruction and the lack of support after “liberation” of villages in the Donbas area.
Report from Beryslav, October 2023
Russians Destroy Buildings and Infrastructure – Ukrainians Mourn and Hold On. We stay.