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Official: Russian occupation authorities in Mariupol evict residents from their homes

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Official: Russian occupation authorities in Mariupol evict residents from their homes
Residents talk outside in Russian-occupied Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, on Sept. 15, 2022. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Moscow-installed occupation authorities in Mariupol are illegally evicting residents from their homes if they cannot provide property ownership documents, according to an exiled advisor to city mayor Petro Andriushchenko.

“Simply put, if your documents were burnt, and civilian or military occupiers want to move into your apartment, then you are guaranteed a life without a home,” Andriushchenko said on Telegram.

A day before, the official reported that over 300 houses had been completely demolished after the occupation of Donetsk Oblast’s Mariupol.

Mariupol, a once prosperous city on the Azov Sea coast, was home to more than 400,000 people. Russian troops heavily bombed Mariupol since the beginning of the full-scale invasion and occupied the city in May 2022.

According to the UN estimates, up to 90% of Mariupol’s multi-story residential buildings have been damaged or destroyed by Russia’s war.

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Dinara Khalilova is a freelance Ukraine-based journalist and editor. She previously worked as a reporter and a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. In the early weeks of Russia's full-scale invasion, she worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News' team in Ukraine. Dinara holds a BA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a Master's degree in media and communication from Bournemouth University in the U.K.

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