Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. Residents who survived the siege must become Russian citizens to claim their homes.
Read the full investigation at bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2025/11/14/building-on-ruins-the-russification-of-mariupol-one-apartment-block-at-a-time