The new mayor of Mariupol announced the death of 5 thousand residents of the city

250 thousand inhabitants left the city, about 300 thousand still remain. During the hostilities, up to 70% of the housing stock of Mariupol was destroyed,

In Mariupol, about 5,000 civilians were killed due to fighting and shelling, Konstantin Ivashchenko, the new mayor of the city, said in an interview with TASS.

“About 5,000 people,” he said.

Ivashchenko also said that about 250 thousand civilians left the city, while about 300 thousand remain in the city. The population of the city was 600 thousand. Before that, Ivashchenko also said that 50-60 thousand inhabitants huddle in basements.

According to him, 60-70% of the housing stock in the city has been destroyed or partially destroyed, 10% of the houses cannot be restored. Ivashchenko explained that in half of the cases, the cause of the destruction was “arrivals and Grads, and artillery shells, and mortars.”

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