People are freezing in Mariupol

Putin called it an "ancient Russian city" and offered to restore kindergartens, libraries, theaters, museums

An adviser to the Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, published a photo of the city occupied by Russian troops. People hung banners “We are cold” on their houses.

In some houses where people live, there are still no windows. Photos of Andryushchenko were taken at 37 Metallurgov Ave.

“The heating season from the occupiers is in full swing,” he said.

According to the Ukrainian side, 95% of all buildings in the city were destroyed. Andryushchenko said that in fact there is no heating season in Mariupol: the Russians launched 9 boiler houses out of 67. This is not enough even for 10% of the housing stock that remained in the city, writes . UNIAN

Vladimir Putin yesterday called Mariupol "an ancient Russian city" where "there is something to work on."

“Mariupol is a very famous, ancient, one might say, Russian city. Peter I founded, as you know, his first military flotilla there, won the first victories, then Suvorov made his steppe campaigns there, and Catherine II equipped these lands. This is a very interesting place. Of course, there is something to work on. Of course, people were seriously affected, their homes were damaged. There, housing needs to be restored, the social infrastructure, kindergartens, libraries, theaters, and so on. And museums,” he said.

Museums will have to tell people "where they come from".