The head of the DPR considered more than half of the houses in Mariupol to be demolished

Mariupol is planned to be completely restored, despite the fact that more than 60% of residential buildings cannot be repaired beyond repair, Pushilin said. Earlier, he said that specialists from all over Russia would arrive in the DPR for large-scale construction

In Mariupol, experts assess the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure, it is already known that more than 60% of houses are subject to demolition, said Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic. His words are quoted by the Donetsk News Agency (DAN).

“As for communications, the situation was not so sad. Those specialists who are now carrying out restoration work at water supply facilities and other things are not as pessimistic as it seemed when we were able to freely enter the city for the first time, ”added the head of the DPR.

Pushilin assured that the city would be "completely restored".

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A month earlier, in early April, the mayor of Mariupol, Konstantin Ivashchenko, appointed by the DPR authorities, said that it would be impossible to restore 15-20% of the housing stock in Mariupol, and up to 70% of the houses received “some kind of damage.” According to him, 200 thousand people left the city, at least 300 thousand remained in it.

At the same time, the mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boychenko, appointed by the Ukrainian authorities, estimated the degree of damage to the city's infrastructure at 90%, and 40%, according to him, could not be restored.

Pushilin in early May announced "a construction site on an unprecedented scale." To form non-standard approaches to the construction process, he said, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin arrived in Mariupol. “All regions of the Russian Federation will send their specialists to us, and the restoration process will begin to boil,” the head of the DPR promised.

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The Deputy Prime Minister commented on his visit with the words “There is a lot of work. We will help”, suggesting to use the port of Mariupol as a hub for transport materials.

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Mariupol has been in the war zone from the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine. The assault began at the end of March, and on April 21, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to the president about the capture of the city, Vladimir Putin in response ordered to block the Azovstal plant, where the Ukrainian military remained.

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